In the presence of small victims, firefighters are often faced with delicate situations. With the discount on Wednesday January 22, from 52 “Pompys” on Wednesday, January 22, those of the Joinville-Rupt intervention center now have a tool facilitating their management in interventions.
“Dressed in her firefighter outfit, the pompy plush has pediatric virtues, it is a real tool that allows firefighters to transcribe gestures carried out during our interventions and the child to express his ailments and his emotions. From the first contact, it provides the child with the comfort and the proximity necessary to help him in difficult times in our victim emergency vehicles, ”explained Stéphane Bouvier during his intervention in the offices of EFI Automotive Service.
One reason for this visit: the company installed in the Rodent Activity Zone and which has become a partner of the Philanthropic Aventure Association of Adventure, Sharing and Rally Raid challenges he created in 2013. “And this, in Funding for this endowment, a first in Haute-Marne, ”said Coraline Fournier, head of the Communication Service for the EFI Automotive group.
The second is that this professional firefighter in Beaune passionate about motorcycle, competitor in enduro and motorcycle for over 35 years has put his participations in raids rallies (Dakar, Tunisia, Morocco, South America) in the humanitarian service and distributing This bear with happiness in children in countries crossed.
Ambassador of the National Federation of Firefighters of France, his presence Wednesday January 22 is a new stage in the marathon he undertook he was ten years old for the promotion of his association, his actions in France and outside the borders: humanitarian operations, Competitions and events, search for donations and sponsorships for the financing of Pompy.
-To give an idea of the importance of this approach, Stéphane Bouvier said that since 2014 his association has funded more than 10,000 pompys given to the firefighters in Burgundy. And this, thanks to partnerships with a hundred companies.
“Present in the emergency vehicle and offered to the child, this little bear will comfort him throughout his care. A pompy bought (at a price of € 19), a pompy offered to a child taken care of by the firefighters, “said the president of the philanthropic adventure, sharing and challenge RAID association, indicating that individuals, Companies or friendships of firefighters can inquire to get it directly by consulting the site https://laboutiqueofiecellepompiers.fr
The rendering at the end of the morning of the 52 pompys at the intervention center of Joinville-Rupt was a time of warm exchange between Stéphane Bouvier, Coraline Fournier and Sophie Maître (the representatives of EFI Automotive Service) and Captain Jean-Christophe Renard (Center chief) accompanied by firefighters and the nurse.
Of our correspondent Hubert Guillemin
