In office since 2018, the president of the fire brigade association of this center, Florian Chemin, confirms it: “We bought 50 boxes (10 euros each), of the type of contactless portable payment terminal, used by merchants. “
This secure digital tool allows residents to pay the amount of their choice. The buyer receives a receipt by SMS or email. A choice that was fundamental after noticing several obstacles to purchasing calendars:
“People don’t have much money on them anymore, or any change. “
This also saves firefighters from having to come back a second time when the sale was not possible for various reasons. “Last week I made a quarter of my sales with the box”, summarizes Florian Chemin. If the largest donation was € 300 in 2022, the average is around € 8.
The draft 2023 calendar was prepared in March 2022: “The new calendar commission set a theme after the election of the bureau at the general assembly. It changes every year. In 2022 the choice fell on the clothes of the rescuers. In 2023 we decided to highlight life in the barracks. ”
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“The most natural photos possible”
For the second time, the association requested the same photographer from LS Studio. The specialist came for a two-day survey in April. He took over two hundred shots. The president explains:
“I have selected a panel of photos. They have not been retouched. Our desire is to show the most natural possible photos of a guard’s life. ”
The population will be able to discover the snapshots of the assembly, the sports sessions, the moments of relaxation in the bathroom, the controls of the equipment, the maneuvers, the switchboard, the lunch break and the work in the services. Children’s drawings and searches for clues complete the calendar.
Each page contains three to six photos: “Here too we wanted to show our daily life. The last page is dedicated to the works of the orphaned pupils of the French fire brigade. Over the past ten days, around 100 rescuers have started selling the 11,000 published calendars. They cost the Amicale de Chartres around 6,000 euros.
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To avoid the passage of false firefighters, Lieutenant David Boutoille specifies: “The firefighters in charge of the distribution will be in uniform. They don’t have a business card. In case of doubt, the user can check by dialing 02.37.91.40.50. “He adds a detail:” The phrase “greetings from the Chartres firefighters” appears on our calendars. “
Chartres, Lèves, Mainvilliers, Champhol, Gasville-Oisème, Coltainville, Bailleau l’Évêque, Nogent-le-Phaye, Meslay-le-Grenet, Dangers, Vérigny.
