“Without the volunteer firefighters, we would not have been able to put out the summer forest fires. For Christophe Guilloteau, President of the Rhone Department, the 197,000 French people involved constitute an essential resource for civil security. But after a scorching summer, the numbers no longer cover the difficult times of climate change. A goal was also quantified: to reach 250,000 men and women in 2027.
Reopen the barracks
For many professionals, the bar is too high. Especially since the firefighters have lost 30,000 volunteers in 30 years. “There are just over 6,000 barracks in France, …
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