a young female firefighter sexually assaulted during intervention

A young female firefighter was sexually assaulted on Saturday shortly after 10 p.m. during an intervention. Called to Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset after a traffic accident, the young woman, a minor, was attacked by a 77-year-old man in the cell of the victim rescue and assistance vehicle (VSAV) during transport , indicates a firefighter Figaro. The Sud-SDMIS union made a report to the Ministry of the Interior and a complaint was filed by the young woman. According to the union, this is the 4th attack of this type in the department in less than two years.

2,400 attacks on firefighters per year

Already in 2023, the firefighters of the metropolis of Lyon and the Rhône department had challenged the public authorities on “the growing increase in gendered attacks» in their profession. “Every year, there are 2,400 attacks on firefighters. But, in recent months, we have been facing more and more sexual assaults against women in our profession. This is obviously linked to the feminization of the profession which now includes 20% women compared to just under 10% a few years ago, but that does not entirely explain this new phenomenon either. I became a firefighter in the 90s and until recently, I had never heard of it», Confided to Figaro Rémy Chabbouh, general secretary of the Sud-Solidaires union (majority in Lyon).

In September 2023, a female volunteer firefighter was attacked by a drunk man during an intervention in Neuville-sur-Saône, in the metropolis of Lyon.