Few interventions and a balance sheet ” positive “This is what the occupants of the operational command post remember, a few hours after the closing of the 3e Chambord Live. Under the leadership of the Loir-et-Cher prefecture, gendarmes and firefighters were thus able to ensure public safety, in conjunction with approved civil security associations.
Nearly 70 gendarmes (Blois company, mounted post, reservists, drone team, etc.) were busy all day “make traffic flow around the site”, before and especially after the concerts. Other soldiers were patrolling.
Firefighters and police officers, under the leadership of the prefecture, took over the operational command post near the 3rd Chambord Live to ensure the safety of spectators.
© Photo NR Fabien Burgaud
“No major fact”
Around ten firefighters stood ready to intervene with fire equipment. In front of them, on screens, around ten cameras as well as the counter of the number of visitors in real time to manage the flows.
After the concerts, “people were disciplined, civic-minded and patient in getting out of the parking lots! Colonel Benoît Chevillard, commander of the Loir-et-Cher gendarmerie group, is satisfied on Sunday June 30, 2024. There were a few vehicles stuck in the mud, which were pulled out thanks to the goodwill of other drivers.”
The thousands of vehicles in the parking lots and their drivers have been “disciplined”, greets the boss of the gendarmes in Loir-et-Cher.
© Photo NR, Jérôme Dutac
In response to criticism of a certain slowness in leaving Chambord, the soldier recalled that there was “less parking capacity with soggy ground. We’ve made it a lot more fluid”.
The prefecture also draws up a report ” positive ” of the event. “We had discomfort in the gold pit with a person who had chest pain, transported to the Blois hospital center. Everything ended well »says Pierre Chareyron, the prefect’s chief of staff. Later, firefighters had to jump into the water to rescue a man who had fallen into the Cosson, near the P4 car park at 2 a.m.
Stop the glass
“A man slipped, his friends wanted to help him and the firefighters rescued everyone. They were brought to safety”without requiring transport to hospital. “We must salute the good cooperation of the security service and the organization with the firefighters and the gendarmes. » The device was lifted at 3 a.m.
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The only difficulty? “The sale of glass bottles of champagne on stands, which is not suitable. This was quickly resolved with the organizer, customers were able to be served in plastic cups”confides Pierre Chareyron.
The prefecture assures that a “feedback” will soon be established to point out what could be “improved” next year, especially the exits of the places. “Those who took 2.5 hours to leave the site will inevitably be marked. »
