Around forty firefighters from Hautes-Alpes left Friday 8 July for Vaucluse to provide preventive reinforcement at the request the operational center of southern defense zone. The trip includes two command vehicles and eight forest fire tankers. Around twenty emergency centers in the area provide support to the staff. At the La Saulce entrance to the A51 motorway, the high-alpine contingent was released at 1 p.m. "We were summoned at 3:00 a.m. on Thursday and Friday to be hired to reinforce the force. Thirty minutes later, the order was cancelled. "We're finally leaving today," said Lt. Col. Eric Noell.
A regrouping of the convoy with the forest fire intervention group of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence firefighters around 2 p.m. at Peyruis (04). The reinforcement column for the Southern Alps consisted of approximately sixty men and twelve fire truck trucks. Commander Pierre-Emmanuel Feit, Sdis 05, will lead the group. It is a preventive departure to the Avignon rescue centre after the recent fires. Lt. Col. Noell adds that there is a high risk of being engaged once there has been a fire. In principle, firefighters are changed every 48 hours. If they are involved in a fire, the duration is usually reduced to 24 hours. Marcel Cannat (president of Sdis 05) says that former firefighters will voluntarily drive staff members to Avignon in minibuses for the purpose of taking over.
