After reviewing the firefighters this Saturday morning at Chanot Park, the President of the Republic announced the experimentation of a single platform bringing together all calls to emergency numbers.
This new platform will be tested from 2022, for two years, on the scale of an enlarged region, explained Emmanuel Macron at the National Congress of Firefighters in Marseille.
By announcing this experiment, which will test three types of platforms for calls to the 15th, 17th and 18th, the Head of State acts in advance of a flagship provision of the Matras bill, in the process of being adopted. in Parliament.
80% of firefighters are volunteers
Earlier in the morning, the Head of State made a point of meeting a 74-year-old former firefighter, severely burned, who expressed his difficulties to him.
“I retain that you would like to have a single number, to have easier access to administrative services, we will look with the Minister.
You still have a strange energy, ”replied the president.
Emmanuel Macron also greeted the new recruits of the firefighters, who this year are holding a congress open to the general public.
Among the 250,000 firefighters in France, 80% are volunteers.
Volunteers who are waiting for a gesture from the State towards them.
This visit was also an opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to respect the tradition of presidents of attending their congress once during the term of office.
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