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Éric Feuillet: “Faced with fire, every second counts”

2023-04-10T16:47:12.544Z


INTERVIEW - Éric Feuillet is a firefighter at the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of Oise and responsible for the Heritage Protection Mission of the department. According to him, “the heritage is vulnerable” in the face of fires.


FIAGAO

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- Is there a before and after

Notre Dame de Paris

, in terms of firefighting?

Eric FEUILLET.

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All the same, we did not wait for Paris to understand that the loss of major historical monuments was a loss of identity.

The fire in the Parliament of Brittany in 1994 and that of the Château de Lunéville in 2003 created earthquakes and led us to an awareness, at least for our profession.

Let's say that Notre-Dame de Paris has accelerated the movement.

Read alsoCathedrals: four years after Notre-Dame de Paris, a plan to prevent fires

The mission of a firefighter is first and foremost to save lives, isn't it?

We call this operational risk management.

When we arrive at a disaster, we have priorities in mind: the safeguarding of people first, including the firefighters involved, then objects and buildings.

It's a matter of choice, to be made quickly.

Look at Notre-Dame de Paris: the strategic withdrawal organized at the right time by the former commander of the fire brigade...

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Source: lefigaro

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