During his trip to Gironde on Wednesday July 20, Emmanuel Macron promised the purchase of additional planes to fight the fires. The spokesperson for the National Federation of Firefighters of France calls for a “overhaul of the organization”.
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Floods, landslides, forest fires… As natural disasters are set to increase in the coming years, the spokesperson for the National Federation of Firefighters of France, Geoffrey Casu, on Wednesday July 20, asks for a readjustment of the means: “Without an overhaul of our organization, we risk reaching a breaking point“, he warns.
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Emmanuel Macron went to the site of the fires in Gironde this Wednesday and pleaded for “more water bombers“. For his part, the spokesperson for the fire brigade asks that the human aspect not be forgotten, with recruitment in particular”as quickly as possible“, of more than 50,000 volunteer firefighters.
“Without an overhaul of our organization, we risk reaching a breaking point”
Geoffrey Casu, spokesperson for the National Federation of Firefightersfranceinfo
Geoffrey Casu also insisted on the necessary emergence of a “civil security culture“, recalling that almost all of the fire starts were of human origin. “We need to work on risky behaviors“, he explains, calling for the implementation of an ambitious public policy, led by a “ministry of civil protection and emergency management“.