Question 10282 — security of property and people

Summary

Mr. Damien Maudet questions the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, about the State's desire to make savings on the new loyalty and recognition benefit (NPFR) that volunteer firefighters receive after 15 years of engagement. “I pay tribute to these men and women [...] who, with courage and humility, choose every day to face danger to protect others” After the summer that the country has just passed, while megafires have ravaged the South of France, it is normal to share this recognition for the firefighters, professionals and volunteers, who, once again, fought tirelessly to protect the French from fires. With 80% of firefighters made up of volunteers, the French civil security system is largely based on the exceptional commitment of these women and these men. But these are warnings: with a continuous expansion of their scope of action to compensate for the shortcomings of other public services, the numbers are often too low, which over-demands those present and gives a widely shared feeling of a general lack of recognition. They are tired and the SDIS are having more and more difficulty recruiting and retaining new volunteer firefighters to carry out their work. assignment. In this context, even more than usual, the State should strengthen and increase its expressions of recognition. However, in seeking to make savings at all costs and even on civil security, the ministry plans to lower the NPFR, a financial bonus which rewards volunteers beyond 15 years of commitment. Reducing this bonus, a tangible symbol of the Nation’s gratitude, would send a signal disastrous. Furthermore, since April 2023, volunteer firefighters are still waiting for the implementing decree allowing the enhancement of their retirement quarters, although provided for by law. Despite repeated assurances and those of the minister's predecessors, this text is slow in appearing. He therefore asks him if he will stop the project to reduce the NPFR and finally publish the implementing decrees for the retirement quarters. volunteers.

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1. 14 October 2025

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2. 16 December 2025

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   Le Gouvernement est pleinement attaché au modèle français de sécurité civile fondé, entre autres, sur la complémentarité des statuts de sapeur-pompier professionnel, militaire, volontaire ou de bénévole et qui a, une nouvelle fois, démontré sa résilience et sa solidité durant la saison estivale écoulée. S'agissant de la nouvelle prestation de fidélisation et de reconnaissance, le Gouvernement ne porte aucun projet de réforme de cette prestation, encore moins de suppression. Cependant, l'augmentation des ressources nécessaires à son financement constitue un point de vigilance pour les services d'incendie et de secours ainsi que pour l'État, financeurs de cette prestation, et il est essentiel de sécuriser le financement de cette prestation pour qu'elle reste un pilier de l'attractivité et de la reconnaissance des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires. Des travaux vont être menés en ce sens.

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