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Firefighters want to tax Airbnb and insurers: “We must find additional means”

2024-01-25T19:38:07.136Z

Highlights: Firefighters want to tax Airbnb and insurers: ‘We must find additional means’ Faced with global warming and medical deserts, the interventions of firefighters are increasing without funding. “We need to find additional resources,” warns Jean-Paul Bosland, president of the National Federation of French Firefighters (FNSP) “When you have, as in Allier, a hailstorm which leads to 4,000 interventions in 24 hours, it’s no longer absorbable.”


EXCLUSIVE. Faced with global warming and medical deserts, the interventions of firefighters are increasing without funding.


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In Pas-de-Calais facing recurring floods, in the four corners of France to fight against fires which spare no forest area, but also in the hollows of our countryside to try to fill the holes in medical deserts.

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In the space of a few years, firefighters have seen the number and cost of their interventions increase sharply without their funding adapting sufficiently.

“We need to find additional resources,” warns Jean-Paul Bosland, president of the National Federation of French Firefighters (FNSP).

When you have, as in Allier, at the start of summer 2022, a hailstorm which leads to 4,000 interventions in 24 hours and this type of exceptional event, which occurs every five years, occurs every six months, it’s no longer absorbable.”

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