“Forest and vegetation fires. prevention of outbreaks”. At the heart of a high-risk summer marked, among other things, by two giant fires that devastated the south of the Gironde at the end of July, the report of the senatorial mission “related to the fight against prevention and strengthening” and “Extending the risk of fire” summarizes well the challenges of the coming months and years.
In the spring, particularly after the large fire in Varum Gonfaron (7000 hectares destroyed and 2 dead in August 2021), this mission made dozens of proposals to adapt the strategy to climate change and act on the behavior of users and professionals. practices. His co-rapporteurs are the members of the commissions for regional planning and sustainable development (Jean Bacci, LR du Var, and Pascal Martin, UC de Seine-Maritime) and economic affairs (Anne-Catherine Loisier, Senator of Côte-d’Or). attached to UC group and president orchestra
Source: Le Figaro