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The Gard under surveillance, a fire start in Montpellier and another in the Var… These facts confirm that the summer will be intense for the firefighters, who are already on the front line. The situation should to endure because a new rise in temperatures has already been announced.
In the field, professionals or volunteers all wear the same outfit. Firefighters across France recently been mobilized in the Cevennes. “We knew we were going to protect homes so there we were, we already knew what we were going to do. We don’t know where or what we’re going to find but we already know that we’re going to run a bit because we’re going to have to protect and be careful what we’re doing.”reports the head of Agrès François GuignatJura firefighter.
“It’s a battle that is done meter by meter, little by little”explains the Master Corporal Florian Bouchet, firefighter from Ales, in the Gard. In this department, they were up to 700 and limited the fire to 600 hectares, saving homes and lives. “We always have the memory of previous years, colleagues who were injured or much worse on forest fires so the objective is not to come to that”reports another firefighter.
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