Question 17195 — security of property and people

Summary

Mr. Antoine Villedieu alerts the Minister of the Interior to the issue of the firefighters' drastic lack of resources. Successive heatwaves have highlighted faults which had already been pointed out on numerous occasions by unions representing the profession but which remained unheard. Indeed, in addition to the dilapidation of the air fleet, the profession is also facing the disappearance of nearly a thousand fire tankers. of forests in seventeen years, on the soaring price of equipment and on the exhaustion of personnel, both professional firefighters and volunteers. In response, the ministry mentioned the capacity pacts, an investment of 150 million euros co-financed at 60% for the long-term acquisition of more than 1,000 tank trucks, the purchase of two Canadairs and the rental of water bomber helicopters, as well as the Beauvau report of the civil security delivered on August 4, 2025, which would have placed the financing of SDIS at the heart of its reflections. However, it appears today that these pacts are slow to materialize, especially when decisions taken by the decree of February 21, 2024 reduced the initial ambition of the acquisition of four Canadairs to two. It is also curious, not to say absurd, especially in a context where sovereignty is once again becoming a priority and where it is advocated daily by the Government, that France remains at the mercy of a single Canadian foreign supplier while it has a leading aeronautical industry. In this area, however, there are projects with real alternatives such as the F100 Frigate but these are unfortunately not designated as a priority by the public authorities. The problems facing the firefighters are becoming ever more important, but their numbers are forced to act with increasingly limited resources. Also, he asks him if he intends to materialize the promises made by the capacity pacts so that the firefighters can act in calm conditions.

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