Emmanuel Macron is going to the Gard this Friday to meet with civil security and “prepare for the summer” which “still promises to be very difficult” on the fire front, and launch the “forest weather forecast”, a new forecasting device of the fire risk. The Élysée also draws up a positive progress report on the decisions taken at the end of last year.
After a devastating summer of 2022 on the forest fire front, the fires have already started this year in certain regions of France, even before the arrival of the summer season. This Friday, Emmanuel Macron also went to Nîmes, in the Gard, for the start of the campaign against forest fires. The president will assess the reinforcements that will be deployed this summer to fight the fires.
Positive progress report for the Élysée
Emmanuel Macron’s plane landed around noon on the civil security air base of Nîmes-Garons, where the president will “discuss with all the actors mobilized”. He comes to “ensure that the decisions he announced” in the fall to strengthen the means of fighting fires “are well implemented” on the ground.
The Élysée, in any case, draws up a positive progress report, with in particular nine additional aerial devices, new columns of firefighters, mobilizable reinforcements and progress towards the creation of a fourth military civil security unit.
Emmanuel Macron will also launch this Friday the forest weather report, the first bulletin of which will be broadcast. On the model of vigilance for thunderstorms, this new forecast map will present the degree of risk at the departmental level by a color code ranging from green to red. The objective is to make it a tool for collective mobilization, while, according to professionals, this summer still promises to be very difficult on the fire front.
Source: Europe1
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