FFP2 masks ineffective in the presence of hair on the face? This is what was written in a note of March 16 from the fire and rescue service of Moselle (Sdis 57). In fact, firefighters with beards or mustaches had been sent home because they could not properly wear the coronavirus protective masks.
On Monday, the Strasbourg administrative court asked for the reinstatement of the Mosquito and bearded Moselle firefighters. Two firefighters obtained an interim order for the suspension of this decision, which prohibited them from intervening if they were not shaved close by. Some had complied with the shaving injunction, others had refused. In total, 25 Metz firefighters, resistant to a razor blow, had been suspended and ordered to return home.
"The court considered that there was an urgency to reinstate them and expressed a serious doubt" on their placement in special leave of absence, added the source close to the file.
The Sdis will apply the court decision but will not yield
According to Colonel Vallier, at the head of Sdis 57, the court decision will be applied and it has been "notified to the agents that they will come back". But if they choose to keep their beard, Sdis 57 will continue to apply "the precautionary principle" and will adapt their missions, he warned, questioned by AFP. "They will be safe, will not be exposed" to victims carrying the virus and will not go into intervention in trucks, in confined spaces, detailed Colonel Vallier, explaining that they "will prepare operations for example for their colleagues " "The court did not rule on the beard" itself, he said.
In addition to the referral to the administrative court, complaints of "discrimination" on the grounds of physical appearance had also been filed.
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