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The departmental risk analysis and coverage plan (Sdacr) was presented by Sdis 11 to the Department's elected officials during the last plenary session. Explanations.
“Co-construct a civil and departmental security policy”. During the last session of the Aude departmental council, Sdis 11 presented its departmental risk analysis and coverage plan (Sdacr) for 2025. This is the roadmap which serves to list out of five years risks of any nature that could jeopardize the safety of the population and property. It also makes it possible to determine objectives in the face of these risks.
32 objectives and 90 areas of work
Seven major issues were therefore revealed to the community's elected officials, with 32 objectives and 90 areas of work. Among these issues, we find “making the operational response of Sdis more reliable” with the objective of improving the availability of volunteer firefighters during the day and week. “That is to say, continuing to boost volunteering. Agreements signed with business leaders so that they release their agents for interventions,” specifies the director of Sdis 11, Colonel Magny.
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For firefighters, it will also be necessary to adapt “the strategy for protecting populations and stakeholders in the face of changing forest fire risks”. In other words, finding solutions to respond to these risks which have become major with the worsening climate situation. “We must ensure the reception of the reinforcements necessary for the fight,” specifies Sdis. Another challenge: making the Carcassonne pelicandrom more reliable and adaptable. “It is a point of attention, finding solutions to respond all year round on the Aude with air means in addition to land means,” confides Colonel Magny.
If firefighters want to adapt to fire risks, the same goes for floods. In Aude, the Sdis wishes to “maintain the specialized intervention capacity in the face of flooding and adapt it to changing risks”. And to continue with “the development of the operational strategy: anticipation, prepositioning, inter-service coordination”.
Increase the workforce
In addition to interventions, Sdis is also looking for staff. Entitled “adapting Sdis human resources to changing risks and their seasonality”, this issue is one of many priorities. In particular “by setting the number of volunteer firefighters and updating the forecast management of personnel, activities and skills”. But also by increasing the number of intervention and rescue centers on mixed duty (volunteer firefighters and professional firefighters).
Material and financial support
During its last session of 2024, the Aude departmental council detailed the aid it intends to provide to Sdis: with 3 million euros in subsidies and the recruitment of 40 additional firefighters on the next five years, in addition to those who are recruited annually. For its part, the prefecture also provides financial and material support. In fact, Sdis receives around 2 million euros from FCTVA, the VAT compensation fund. “In addition to that, indirectly, we have around €300,000 which went to the Syaden for the Sdis cameras,” state services say. On a material level, “when a fire is declared, the Canadairs are systematically deployed. These are State resources which are sent”.
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That's the main points. For its part, the departmental council of Aude adopted Sdacr 2025 for the next five years, as did the board of directors of Sdis which voted for it unanimously. The prefect will therefore have to issue an order in January to make this document available.
