The president of the Marne departmental fire council announced his resignation, to everyone’s surprise, this Friday, June 7. Pascal Desautels has been in office since 2018.
Surprise resignation from the Marne firefighters. The president of the board of directors of the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS) of Marne presented his resignation this Friday, June 7. Pascal Desautels, in office since 2018, did not give an official reason for his hasty departure.
Its function is significant for the department’s firefighters. The president is indeed “responsible for preparing and carrying out deliberations, representing the establishment in court and awarding contracts on behalf of the SDIS. It recruits and appoints personnel in the administrative and technical sector. For the fire service sector, personnel management is carried out jointly by the State representative and the chairman of the board of directors. we learn in the public organization chart.
As for the SDIS board of directors, “it regulates, through deliberations, matters relating to the administration of the establishment: the budget, personnel management, the construction or renovation of fire and rescue centers. The board of directors has an office composed of the president, vice-presidents and one additional member. If the ex officio president is the president of the departmental council, this function has been delegated to Pascal Desautels, departmental councilor of the canton of Vertus-Plaine Champenoise.
Board meetings take place at the departmental management in Fagnières (Marne), on average two to four times a year. They are preceded by a meeting of the administrative and technical commission of fire and rescue services, requested for opinion.
President Desautels was not present this Friday, June 7 during the opening ceremony of the open house of the La Chaussée-sur-Marne fire and rescue center for its 20th anniversary. More than 1,600 visitors came to discover the center, the vehicles, the specialties, the numerous demonstrations and the workshops.
For the moment, neither the SDIS nor the Marne department have responded to our requests regarding this resignation. A new election will be organized to organize the succession.
More information to come.
