Overview
- At departmental and local ceremonies from December 3–6, leaders reported sharply higher 2025 activity, with Aude logging 30,675 interventions, up 4% year over year.
- Aude’s director highlighted a grueling year capped by the Corbières wildfire that burned more than 16,000 hectares and caused one death, with calls rising across rescues, road accidents and fires.
- Centre-level tallies underscored the load, including roughly 13,000 projected interventions in Avignon (about +7% vs 2024), 6,400 in Vitrolles and about 6,000 in La Ciotat–Ceyreste.
- SDIS leaders and elected officials announced modernization and capacity moves, such as upgraded emergency-call information systems, staffing reinforcements, new vehicles, station projects and shared call platforms.
- Ceremonies honored service and underscored the human cost, including an Arles firefighter gravely injured this year who cannot return to operational duty, as officials warned doctrine must adapt to more frequent extreme events.