Rankings: Fire services on Instagram, January 2019

After Facebook and Twitter, fire services in France are making increasing use of Instagram. The Bouches-du-Rhône departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS 13), tops the rankings by a wide margin with nearly 10,000 subscribers.

Instagram is a trendy social media platform where it’s great to connect with others through high-quality images. The SDIS 25 has just joined this community, which has 4.8 million users in France. 37 per cent of users are aged between 16 and 24.

Ranking by number of subscribers

No.	SDIS	DEPARTMENT	SUBSCRIBERS
1	13	Bouches-du-Rhône	9840
2	4	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	5151
3	60	Oise	4892
4	2A	Southern Corsica	4672
5	21	Côte-d'Or	3854
6	46	Lot	3490
7	42	Loire	3414
8	29	Finistère	3169
9	88	Vosges	3141
10	77	Seine-et-Marne	2702
11	30	Gard	2282
12	76	Seine-Maritime	2200
13	3	Allier	1996
14	78	Yvelines	1892
15	86	Vienna	1808
16	91	Essonne	1684
17	57	Moselle	1665
18	89	Yonne	1594
19	62	Pas-de-Calais	1590
20	10	Dawn	1573
21	59	North	1568
22	24	Dordogne	1537
23	64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	1492
24	2	Aisne	1488
25	6	Alpes-Maritimes	1481
26	66	Pyrénées-Orientales	1355
27	50	Manche	1344
28	58	Nièvre	1174
29	63	Puy-de-Dôme	1172
30	14	Calvados	1162
31	51	Marne	1127
32	52	Haute-Marne	1120
33	34	Hérault	1116
34	26	Drôme	1096
35	68	Haut-Rhin	586
36	53	Mayenne	522
37	35	Ille-et-Vilaine	494
38	23	Creuse	466
39	87	Haute-Vienne	427
40	16	Charente	425
41	25	Doubs	59

Ranked by number of posts

No.	SDIS	DEPARTMENT	POSTS
1	60	Oise	1129
2	2A	Southern Corsica	1103
3	46	Lot	950
4	24	Dordogne	559
5	13	Bouches-du-Rhône	413
6	42	Loire	381
7	4	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	244
8	21	Côte-d'Or	234
9	3	Allier	230
10	88	Vosges	197
11	86	Vienna	170
12	34	Hérault	169
13	76	Seine-Maritime	155
14	29	Finistère	148
15	2	Aisne	138
16	14	Calvados	122
17	30	Gard	116
18	66	Pyrénées-Orientales	95
19	89	Yonne	91
20	58	Nièvre	83
21	62	Pas-de-Calais	82
22	50	Manche	78
23	51	Marne	76
24	10	Dawn	72
25	91	Essonne	70
26	78	Yvelines	66
27	26	Drôme	40
28	77	Seine-et-Marne	36
29	6	Alpes-Maritimes	35
30	57	Moselle	34
31	63	Puy-de-Dôme	28
32	53	Mayenne	19
33	64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	18
34	87	Haute-Vienne	13
35	52	Haute-Marne	12
36	59	North	11
37	16	Charente	6
38	35	Ille-et-Vilaine	1
39	25	Doubs	1
40	68	Haut-Rhin	0
41	23	Creuse	0

Ranking based on the number of subscribers relative to the population (INSEE 2018)

No.	SDIS	DEPARTMENT	RATIO
1	4	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	3,19%
2	2A	Southern Corsica	2,92%
3	46	Lot	2,04%
4	88	Vosges	0,86%
5	21	Côte-d'Or	0,72%
6	52	Haute-Marne	0,64%
7	60	Oise	0,59%
8	3	Allier	0,59%
9	58	Nièvre	0,57%
10	10	Dawn	0,50%
11	13	Bouches-du-Rhône	0,48%
12	89	Yonne	0,47%
13	42	Loire	0,45%
14	86	Vienna	0,41%
15	23	Creuse	0,39%
16	24	Dordogne	0,37%
17	29	Finistère	0,35%
18	30	Gard	0,30%
19	66	Pyrénées-Orientales	0,28%
20	2	Aisne	0,28%
21	50	Manche	0,27%
22	64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	0,22%
23	26	Drôme	0,21%
24	51	Marne	0,20%
25	77	Seine-et-Marne	0,19%
26	63	Puy-de-Dôme	0,18%
27	76	Seine-Maritime	0,18%
28	53	Mayenne	0,17%
29	14	Calvados	0,17%
30	57	Moselle	0,16%
31	6	Alpes-Maritimes	0,14%
32	78	Yvelines	0,13%
33	91	Essonne	0,13%
34	16	Charente	0,12%
35	87	Haute-Vienne	0,11%
36	62	Pas-de-Calais	0,11%
37	34	Hérault	0,10%
38	68	Haut-Rhin	0,08%
39	59	North	0,06%
40	35	Ille-et-Vilaine	0,05%
41	25	Doubs	0,01%

Is your SIS not included in the rankings? Get in touch with us on social media or by email at a.montardy(@)secoursinfo.fr.

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— Anthony Montardy (@AnthonyMontardy) 19 January 2019