Météo France has issued a very severe forest fire risk forecast for zone 4 of the Drôme department. The Drôme Prefecture in conjunction with the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service has decided for this Saturday, July 16 to trigger the ALARM plan.
The area concerned is that of “Tricastin” and covers more than 80 municipalities in southern Drôme. This ALARM plan (Alert related to Exceptional Weather Risks) aims to mobilize all the services for the fight against forest fires.
Zone 4 of the Drôme is at risk of very severe forest fires
Area 4 includes the municipalities of Aleyrac, Allan, Ancône, Aubres, La Batie Rolland, La Baume De Transit, La Bégude De Mazenc, Bonlieu Sur Roubion, Bouchet, Chamaret, Chantemerle Les Grignan, Chateauneuf Du Rhône, Clansayes, Colonzelle, Comps, Dieulefit , Donzère, Espeluche, Eyzahut, La Garde Adhémar, Les Granges Gontardes, Grignan, Malataverne, Mirabel Aux Baronnies, Montboucher Sur Jabron, Montbrison Sur Le Lez, Montélimar, Montjoux, Montjoyer, Montségur Sur Lauzon, Nyons, Orcinas, Le Pègue, Pierrelatte , Le Poët Laval, Portes En Valdaine, Puygiron, Réauville, La Roche Saint Secret Bécone, Rochefort En Valdaine, Rochegude, Roussas, Rousset Les Vignes, Saint Gervais Sur Roubion, Saint Marcel Les Sauzet, Saint Maurice Sur Eygues, Saint Pantaléon Les Vignes , Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, Saint Restitut, Salettes, Salles Sous Bois, Sauzet, Savasse, Solérieux, Souspierre, Suze La Rousse, Taulignan, Teyssières, La Touche, Tulette, Valaurie, Venterol, Vesc, Vinsobres
Prepositioned means
This Saturday, the Drôme firefighters have prepositioned means to be able to intervene as quickly as possible:
- 3 forest fire intervention groups located in the north, center and south of Drôme (12 trucks),
- 1 heavy intervention group located in Allan (a truck with a capacity of 8000 liters of water),
- 1 team detached to Nyons specializing in forest fires in Nyons,
- water bomber planes fly over zone 4 of the Drôme this Saturday in prevention.
Safety instructions
According to the Drôme Prefecture, the mayors of the various municipalities have been informed of the triggering of the plan.
Reminder of the safety instructions in the face of the risk of forest fire:
• It is forbidden to incinerate any object and burn plants,
• Do not light a fire in the forest or within 200m of the forest,
• Do not smoke in the forest,
• Do not throw cigarette butts out of the car window,
• Do not barbecue in the forest,
• Avoid the use of mechanical machinery in the forest,
• Camp only in authorized, secure and protected places,
• Respect all safety instructions in the forest,
• Stay away from a forest fire.
In the event of a fire, notify the fire brigade by dialing 18 or 112, specifying the location and, if possible, the extent of the disaster.
The ALARM plan is valid until this Saturday evening at 8 p.m. The maintenance of these measures will be assessed according to the evolution of the risks.