Overview
- At gatherings on December 3–4, firefighters in Avignon, La Ciotat and Ceyreste were honored with medals and public tributes.
- Avignon’s main station projected nearly 13,000 interventions for 2025, more than 7% above 2024’s 11,946.
- La Ciotat’s rescue center logged about 6,000 interventions this year, according to the town’s mayor.
- Sdis 13’s president said the operational information system for handling emergency calls is being modernized and that staffing will be reinforced.
- Speakers cited a year of nonstop activity driven by wildfires, recent floods and the tropical Cyclone Chido, with inter-agency support noted from the SNSM.