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Fire service paramedics: the national conferences will be held in Perpignan
The 11th National Fire Service Nurses’ Conference (JNISP) will take place from 18 to 20 October in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. They are organised by the National Association of Fire Service Nurses…
Off duty, a volunteer assistant gendarme apprehends a “frotteur”
On Sunday afternoon, a volunteer auxiliary police officer (GAV) arrested a man who was harassing a mother and her 10-year-old daughter, according to our colleagues at L'Essor, …
Firefighters hit by a vehicle in the Doubs: what we know so far
Key facts: Following a call-out, the ambulance from the Pont-de-Roide fire station (Doubs) was travelling along the A36 to return to its fire station. During the journey, a vehicle…
Body-worn cameras for municipal police officers: it’s all over!
The body-worn camera scheme, which is intended to improve relations between the police and the public and is already in use within the national police force and the gendarmerie, was the subject of a trial…
Hauts-de-France: Off duty, a firefighter dies in a road accident
Emotions are running high amongst firefighters in the Nord region, according to our colleagues at France 3. “A lot of people knew him,” says one of them. This Sunday morning, a young firefighter…
Somme: three firefighters, including the former chief, have been placed under investigation
Three officers from the Somme Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) have just been placed under formal investigation by the investigating judge in charge of the case. The former director, Colonel Marc Dehédin, a senior officer, and his former…
Firefighters: green light for the professional licence and progress made
In the presence of representatives from the National Federation of French Firefighters (FNSPF), the National Conference of Fire and Rescue Services (CNSIS) met on Thursday 31 May 2018. Among…
Doubs: Fire engine hit by another vehicle, two injured
A car and a fire brigade emergency and victim assistance vehicle (VSAV), carrying a casualty, collided on Friday shortly after 3 pm in Valdahon, a town situated…
Isère: six organisations join forces for a large-scale exercise
A joint exercise between organisations is being organised on 16 June in Pont-de-Claix, a small town situated a few kilometres south of Grenoble, in the Isère department. The aim is to test the management…
Haussmann-style buildings: insights from a Paris firefighter
Haussmann-style buildings have their own distinctive features. Staff Sergeant Guillaume Casada, a Paris firefighter and writer for *Allo Dix-Huit* magazine, explains how to recognise them and what their main features are…
Puy-de-Dôme: the department’s president calls the fire brigade to order
Heavily criticised by firefighters in Puy-de-Dôme, who have been on strike since the end of April, the president of the departmental council and of the Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS 63) is fighting back. And he’s hitting back with…
Near Toulouse: a firefighter was attacked by the man he was taking to hospital
Firefighters at the Castelnaudary fire station are in shock. On Thursday, one of their colleagues was attacked by a man suffering from mental health issues, whom he had just…
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