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As the end of the year approaches, it's time to with for the departmental fire and rescue service of Seine-et-Marne (Sdis77). And he draws a sad observation. Since January 2024, the firefighters Seine-et-Marnais were victims of 75 attacks (there were 123 in 2023). Insults, stones, blows… The firefighters were even the target of delinquents who had thrown a washing machine from a floor, fortunately without causing any injuries.

“We firmly condemn all acts which hinder the action of our firefighters,” declares Isoline Garreau, president of the board of directors of Sdis77. Aggression, even verbal, is not tolerable for those who help people on a daily basis. We systematically file complaints in an anonymized manner and we carry civil party in the event of a trial. »

Three cases judged in October 2024

Exactly, three affairs have been judged last October, leading to the conviction of the perpetrators. One concerns an attacker who had acted under the influence of drugs in August 2021, in Écuelles. Supported in the ambulance firefighters in order to be transported to the hospital, he had broken away during the journey and had opened the rear doors of the vehicle.

In a state of extreme agitation, he grabbed the equipment present, in particular an oxygen bottle, to throw them at the rescuers, while attacking punches and kicks. The individual admitted the facts and was tried at the Fontainebleau judicial court, as part of an appearance on prior admission of guilt (CRPC). He received 200 € fine anda citizenship course.

In December 2023, it was in Saint-Augustin that firefighters were attacked by the victim of discomfortafter taking medication. The individual violently hit one of them, who was freed 7 days of total incapacity for work (ITT). There too, he admitted the facts and was tried in the CRPC in Meaux. He was sentenced to 6 months suspended prison sentence.

Finally, in March 2024, in Torcy, firefighters rescued a man with cardio-respiratory arrest on the public road. While they are carrying out a cardiac massage while waiting for the Smur, they notice that an individual is settling while driving the vehicle victim assistance. He then hits a rescuer who ordered him to come down. Results: 2 days of ITT.

Summoned to the criminal court, the defendant did not appear at the hearing. He was therefore tried in absentia and sentenced to 7 months suspended prison sentence was pronounced, as well as a citizenship course.

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