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Coronavirus: concern is mounting among firefighters

2020-03-27T19:36:47.952Z


Increasingly requested to take care of cases linked to Covid-19, they demand more resources.


With more than 200 firefighters suffering from coronavirus and 2000 others already confined due to a suspicion of contamination, concern is mounting among the fire soldiers who, increasingly used, demand more resources.

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Relaying these fears, several unions have just challenged the public authorities on the situation of these 250,000 men who are increasingly sought by calls related to Covid-19. The latter now represent 50% of their interventions in the most affected areas, such as in the Grand Est. And when the rate does not exceed 10 or 20% in certain departments, everyone senses that the situation will be short-lived. According to them, the wave of the epidemic will reach these spared regions.

However, for the Autonomous Federation of professional firefighters and specialized administrative and technical staff, the means do not follow. For one of the leaders of this majority union, André Goretti, "we are talking about war, but we are sending today

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Source: lefigaro

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