Question 17769 — security of goods and people

Summary

Ms. Tiffany Joncour draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the weakening of national firefighting capacities, at a time when the risk is intensifying and spreading across the territory. The summer of 2026 brings a new demonstration of this: fire outbreaks are increasing, occurring earlier and simultaneously mobilizing human and air resources that are already heavily in demand. However, this development is neither new or unpredictable. While the aging of the water bomber fleet and the increase in risk were known, Mr. Gabriel Attal's government canceled, in February 2024, nearly 53 million euros in credits from the “Civil Security” program. This budgetary decision notably led the general directorate of civil security and crisis management to abandon the prospect of ordering two Canadair additional funds from own funds. This choice illustrates a short-term policy whose consequences today weigh on our ability to anticipate crises. The Government is now announcing a strengthening of the fleet and the objective of having sixteen Canadairs by 2032, while the first new aircraft are not expected until 2028. The fires will not wait until 2028 or 2032. France must be able to have, from the next seasons, the necessary means to protect its populations, its forests, its agricultural operations and its territories without depending on emergency solutions intended to compensate for insufficient capacities. She therefore asks what operational measures the Government intends to take to guarantee the capacity to fight future fires and, above all, what additional means it intends to take. included in the finance bill for 2027 in order to strengthen the air and land resources of civil security, to support the fire and rescue services and to make up for the delay accumulated by budgetary decisions clearly contrary to the protection needs of the country.

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