Question 13615 — security of property and people

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Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the working hours of volunteer firefighters. European directive 2003/88/EC of November 4, 2003 on working hours, if transposed, would lead to capping the working time of an employee and their activity as a volunteer firefighter at 48 hours per week. This would lead to serious organizational difficulties and operational and large-scale financial transactions. Firefighters fear that this constitutes a serious attack on the on-call potential and the human resources that can be mobilized in the event of a crisis, and an increase in the public expenditure necessary to recruit professional firefighters. The volunteer fire brigade mission thus reaffirmed, in its report of May 23, 2018, the principle of voluntary commitment by volunteer firefighters. Today, volunteers make up more than 80% of the fire service. He therefore asks whether the Government intends to take action at European level to maintain the French model of volunteer firefighters, and exclude firefighters, and all voluntary civil security actors, from the application of this directive.

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