“LChampagne corks in the eye, a great New Year’s Eve classic, every year we get called!“The anecdote can make you smile but the accident can hurt a lot,” assures Lieutenant-Colonel Philippe Chaussinand. During his usual tour on December 31, the prefect of Vaucluse, Thierry Suquet, went to greet the troops mobilized to ensure the Our festivities went well. First stop, therefore, at the firefighters, where 27 rescuers were mobilized.
“It’s good because you work that we can party peacefully“, expressed the senior official. During his visit, with his arms full of baskets to distribute to the heroes in uniform, the prefect went to the CTAU, the single alert processing center, a common platform for 15, 18 and 112.”Who says New Year’s Eve, says a lot of travelexplains Colonel Christophe Paichoux, departmental director of Sdis. But also festivities and recklessness, with winter weather that can be tricky, on the roads, but also at home, with heaters and therefore carbon monoxide poisoning.“It is therefore the accumulation of facts, their simultaneities, which makes the night of the transition to the new year more complex to manage.
“We are called for everything and nothing”
In front of their screens, Isabelle and Gaëlle are the voice of Samu. They are medical regulation assistants (ARM). “We are experiencing more and more social emergencies. We have become catch-alls, we are called for everything and nothing.“This night, only one Smur ambulance was available, because only one doctor was working.”It’s complicated. The emergency rooms of Carpentras are closed, Pertuis too, no doctors on call during the day…“
In the emergency room, “we try to assume as much as possible“, says emergency doctor Louis Michel-Bechet, 68 years old. The flu epidemic is very present, and at night it is only just beginning. As a reminder, emergency rooms for adults record 65,000 visits per year, or 180 to 190 per year. day, with peaks at 200-250 The pediatric department, 37,000/year, or 100 per day, or even more with the viruses that are present. time.”You would have seen Mondaybreathes the professional, we slalomed between the stretchers…“
100 police officers mobilized including 30 CRS who came as reinforcements
Express visit also to the gendarmes (300 calls on average on December 31), who have set up around twenty checkpoints. The four companies and the EDSR are there, i.e. 125 gendarmes and 23 bikers, to carry out prevention and repression, on roads and highways. The soldiers are also securing religious services this morning.
Giant screen atmosphere for municipal police officers who must not miss anything thanks to the 183 cameras. The video wall informs video protection operators in real time. Patrols also kept watch on the ground. Among their national colleagues, 70 agents are on alert, with a reinforcement of 30 police officers from CRS 81, mobilized in particular following the recent news items that occurred in Avignon. In order not to forget anyone, the prefect did not fail to salute the work of other services, social and roads, on the 31 bridge.
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