Question 23959 — security of property and people

Summary

Mrs. Barbara Bessot Ballot draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the subject of the national mobilization of firefighters on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Mobilized since June 26, 2019, several thousand firefighters and agents of the departmental fire and rescue services (SDIS) demonstrated in the capital on October 15 to assert their demands. They want to be able to be listened to, to be heard and to understand. A true foundation of the national civil security system, the profession suffers from a system that is running out of steam: job cuts; lack of staff in barracks and need for massive recruitment of statutory jobs; lack of resources and financial difficulties of the SDIS; diversification of interventions and over-requests; deterioration of working conditions, attacks; discomfort expressed by a good number of volunteer firefighters who feel a loss of sense of their mission; revaluation of the fire bonus for professional firefighters which dates from the 1990s; establishment of a single emergency call number, for better coordination of calls and services and to allow firefighters to concentrate on crucial interventions. The demands are therefore multiple, because the difficulties are numerous, in the territories, firefighters suffer from chronic difficulties, also experienced by volunteer firefighters. Added to these difficulties is the problem of making their demands heard: a major problem that must be addressed quickly to ensure the sustainability of the services provided to the population. The anger does not abate. The weeks pass and the tense conflict continues. Also, backup and Improving the French civil security and rescue system is essential, and the commitment and daily dedication of firefighters must be recognized at their true value. All citizens are concerned: whether they are professionals or volunteers, firefighters have a major role in operational and territorial coverage of risks, particularly in terms of emergency assistance to people. In this sense, firefighters want to be heard and listened to. They are ready to sit around the table. Let us remain mobilized alongside them to provide them with all the support they deserve. Faced with a public service in the midst of a crisis where it is becoming increasingly difficult to operate with serenity, she questions him about the intentions planned by his ministry to respond to this call for help which has lasted for several months, to reestablish dialogue with the firefighters to, ultimately, enable them to carry out their profession with dignity, correctly and calmly.

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