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Puy-de-Dôme: firefighters launch a two-month strike
Firefighters from the Puy-de-Dôme SDIS are beginning a two-month strike this Monday. They are protesting against cuts in funding and “disastrous management”, and are calling for more staff to be recruited. According to the unions,…
Fire brigade schedules: they’re revolutionising patrols
With the help of two of his colleagues from the Morbihan centre, Christophe Vagueresse has launched an online solution designed to optimise the traditional calendar round. Known as Geosector, it is already…
Pyrénées-Orientales: he was struck dead by lightning whilst playing paintball
NEWS IN BRIEF. A 33-year-old man was struck by lightning on Sunday afternoon whilst taking part in a leisure activity near the Montpins estate, in the town of…
Paris: Policewoman’s body recovered from the Seine
The body of the policewoman from the Paris river police unit who went missing during a training exercise on the Seine on 5 January was recovered on Sunday in…
International: Seven people, including five firefighters, have died in a factory fire
According to the figures released by the emergency services, seven people, including five firefighters, were killed on Saturday in a fire at an electronics factory in Taoyuan, in north-western Taiwan. The fire spread…
Fires: this summer, firefighters from the Grand-Est region will be sent to the South as reinforcements
Firefighters in the Grand-Est region are training to tackle forest fires. A week after the first major fire of the year in the Landes, the firefighters are preparing…
French Army: new recruits are deserting
"I want to push my limits beyond all boundaries", "I’m thirsty for adventure – for those who crave freedom" … The army has a very good communications department and the messages are…
Police Headquarters: Weapons go missing from a police station
The General Inspectorate of the National Police has been called in following the disappearance of firearms from the premises of the Paris Police Headquarters. According to the weapons inventory…
"Rhodanos": as the European Union braces for a catastrophic flood
As part of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, the Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Crisis Management (DGSCGC) was a partner in the European Consortium responsible for…
Fires: this summer, firefighters from the Grand-Est region will be sent to the South as reinforcements
Firefighters in the Grand-Est region are training to tackle forest fires. A week after the first major fire of the year in the Landes, the firefighters are preparing…
Calvados: he posts a video of the break-in at his shop on Facebook
During the night of Thursday 26 to Friday 27 April 2018, three individuals attacked a motorbike shop in Viro using a car as a ram. The burglars made off with four…
Loire: a female firefighter from Saint-Étienne is awarded the Legion of Honour
Florence Rabat was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour on Saturday, according to our colleagues at *Le Progrès*. She received her medal from Colonel…
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