gendarmes patrol to warn walkers in the Cévennes

Preventing the risk of accidental fire is now the mission of these gendarmes on motorcycles in the heart of the Cévennes. Because since Saturday July 10, prohibition to walk in the forests of Gard. These agents patrol the DFCI paths and tracks, these paths dedicated to the circulation of firefighters. Very quickly, they come across two offending vehicles: “People went for a walk and they left their vehicles here. So there is a fine of €135 for the two vehicles”. The fine can go up to €750, but the gendarmes now favor prevention.

A situation that is not always easy to explain to foreign tourists, like these German cyclists, who discover the new ban: “We just followed the GPS and the police arrived. We didn’t know there was a big fire risk here”. However, the risk is always present and some tourists have understood it. At the campsite, caution is required and barbecues are prohibited. Walks in the forest and barbecues prohibited, direct consequences of a summer marked by drought.