Emmanuel Macron will gather all civil security actors at the Élysée on October 14 to discuss a new fire prevention model, announced Gérald Darmanin on Saturday, September 24. The head of the country expressed his desire to unite the interested actors in August, when significant and repeated fires occurred in the country.
During the summer, up to 10,000 firefighters were mobilized a day against the fires, which destroyed almost 63,000 hectares of forest from the Gironde to the Jura through Finisterre and Maine-et-Loire.
Civilian security reform
Coming to the closing of the 128th National Congress of Firefighters in Nancy, the Minister of Interior detailed that the government is preparing a plan to modernize civil security for this meeting at the Elysée. “On October 14, the President of the Republic will receive all actors of civil security. He will have an opportunity to return to the topic of global warming and the resources we provide to put out fires.Darmanin said at the end of the speech during a tense microphone.
He reiterated his desire to ensure that volunteer firefighters can be more easily mobilized during interventions. Gerald Darmanin said he was thinking of ways to get employers of volunteer firefighters to let them go to fight big fires;Companies should be encouraged to release volunteer firefighters when they work at home. There is a charter of elected officials. Must have volunteer firefighter statusHe said that he will propose it to the parliament after discussions with Emmanuel Macron.
The minister also proposed to submit the report on the financing of fire-rescue services to the parliament on November 1, which will be shared with specialists before the meeting with the president. “We will greatly increase the aircraft fleetDarmanin recalled, while firefighters and departmental elected officials are calling for more air resources. “Reform to better predictsummed up Gerald Darmanin.
Source: Le Figaro
