Chief Warrant Officer Romain Auvert, 42, a volunteer firefighter at the Semur-en-Auxois fire and rescue center, is on his 12e summer reinforcement. Forest fire trainer at the Sdis (departmental fire and rescue service) of Côte-d’Or, he is above all very versatile, being both head of forest fire apparatus and holder of the permit and approval for drive a medium wildfire tanker truck.
From the outset, he claims to have never experienced a disaster of the magnitude of that fought in Gironde. “It’s still hard to believe. Fires like that, we will only make one in our life. It had nothing to do with what we had experienced in the South during the other reinforcements. Usually, we are on the Mediterranean arc; it’s the first time we’ve gone this far. It took us 15 hours to get there; one drove the medium forest fire tanker all night taking turns. »
Once there, the firefighters are welcomed into a high school in La Brède. ” We…
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