Since the announcement of the project territorialization of the two fire and rescue services (SIS) mentioned at the start of 2022, when taking office as Veronique Arrighi et Hyacinth Take a bathrespectively presidents of SIS 2A and SIS 2B, the project had no longer resurfaced. At least, not publicly.
Until this Monday afternoon, when SIS executives and firefighters took their places on the benches of the Ettori amphitheater of theUniversity of Corsica on the occasion of the very first meeting bringing together the SIS boards of directors, their directors and presidents. Florian Straser et Magali Chapey represented for their part the prefects of Corsica and Haute-Corse.
Without being able, for the moment, to provide concrete details on the new face of this future territorialized service called “establishment project”the event was primarily intended to bring together all the stakeholders concerned around the same table. It notably gave rise a unanimous vote on the first version of this project described as “pharaonic” by certain members of the SIS.
“Today, this is a first stone in the construction of this project aimed at have common methods, values and processes and above all, involve everyone in this project built by firefighters from both departments”introduced Véronique Arrighi and Hyacinthe Vanni with a common voice.
The firefighters, guarantors of the “identity” of the establishment
Both also mentioned “the specificities of each territory”requiring “more versatility and changes in operational response”which they want optimal in town and in rural areas.
On several occasions, the importance of the role of firefighters, “project stakeholders who will refine what the final establishment will become”, was highlighted in the context of “this construction for Corsica and the Corsicans” who, they know, will face many challenges.
On the legal plan First of all. “We have an AMO (legal assistance to project management, editor’s note) who accompanies us in order to define the statutes”.
But also on the financial plan. “We are aware of the budgetary restrictions which risk affecting local authorities”, added the presidents, without giving specific details regarding the financing of this project. “We know very well that it will take financial means to support it, but when it comes to planning the territory and helping people, and given what awaits us in terms of extreme climatic phenomena, this does not no price”they estimated, referring to the dramatic bad weather in Spain.
Finally, if they recalled the pride of a project “nustra”both finally mentioned what probably constitutes one of its key issues: its identify. “The memory, values and dynamism of the establishment can only come from you”they insisted, speaking directly to the firefighters present, alluding to the fear of seeing this new structure, once realized, managed by human resources which would not be local.
