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The (General directorate for civil defense and crisis management) is a
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agency of the
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. It operates for the
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and employs some 2,500 civilian and military personnel over 60 sites. Known as the until 1976,
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coast guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...
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mountain rescue Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with tech ...
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air ambulance Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, aeroplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes. Personnel provide comprehensive prehospital and emergency and cri ...
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medical evacuation Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of a ...
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duties. * The (sub-directorate of international affairs, resources and strategy).


Aircraft

aircraft operate for the Rescue operation and civil-military cooperation branch under the (Aerial Group).Sécurité Civile Organisational Chart (in French)
/ref> Aircraft carry the title SECURITE CIVILE on the fuselage sides, together with the international civil defence symbol. The aircraft are divided into the (Helicopter Group) and the (Water Bomber Group).


Helicopter group

The helicopter group has 23 helicopter bases in mainland France and its overseas territories. It has a fleet of 35 helicopters and employs 230 pilots and flight engineers and 50 ground engineers. Over its 50 years of activity, the helicopter group has an impressive track record, with 480,000 flight hours, 250,000 rescue missions and 225,000 people rescued. Helicopter group aircraft use the callsign "DRAGON", followed by the number of the in which their base is located. *
Eurocopter EC145 The Eurocopter EC145 (now Airbus Helicopters H145) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. Originally designated as the ''BK 117'', the H145 is based upon the MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 C1, which ...
(35) currently operates 35 EC-145 helicopters that were delivered between 2002 and 2005. The fleet has accumulated over 100,000 flight hours. The EC-145 fleet is used for
search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...
, fire fighting,
emergency medical services Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...
(EMS),
surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as c ...
and
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. EC-145s are deployed on 22 bases in France and the
French Overseas Territories Overseas France (french: France d'outre-mer) consists of 13 French-administered territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that chose to remain a part of the French state under various statuses after decolo ...
. An order has been placed for a further five helicopters, to be delivered from January 2009. This will enable the phasing out of the six remaining ''Alouette'' III helicopters. The EC 145 carries out an average 10,000 rescue missions each year, representing over 13,300 flight hours.


Bases

Helicopter group bases of operation are located at:. (
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The (command centre), and helicopter maintenance base is located in
Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...
. Helicopters are detached to several other bases seasonally. In summer, aircraft are detached to
Courchevel Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world. Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Cou ...
, Alpes d'Huez,
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, and Chamonix. In winter, aircraft are detached to Chamonix and Alpes d'Huez.


Water bomber group

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(12) 12 Bombardier 415s are currently operated by the , each able to drop . France was the first nation to commit to the CL-415 "Superscoop" in 1992, so that it could phase out its Canadair CL-215s. *
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(6) Two pre-owned Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s, acquired from
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, for the to act as fire-fighting
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s in fire season and as transport aircraft off season. This aircraft is designated the Q400-MR (Multi Role). The aircraft can be reconfigured into the passenger, cargo or aerial fire control role in under three hours and can drop in the tanker role.De Havilland Canada Dash 8
/ref> 6 more ordered in 2017 for 365M€, 4 delivered by the end of 2021. *
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Bases

All fixed-wing aircraft are based at Garons Provence Airport.


Bomb disposal

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experts are based at 20 bomb disposal units, including 2 overseas units (Guadeloupe and
French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
). They are responsible for the detection, removal, disposal or destruction of suspicious objects. They also provide assistance during official travel or large demonstrations and de-arm and destroy unexploded ammunition still present from the two world wars. In 2004, of munitions was disposed of, whilst 43 bomb disposal experts were deployed on the 60th anniversary of the
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, 17 on the 60th anniversary of the landing in Provence and 16 during the visit of
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to
Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château ...
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References


External links


- Sécurité Civile (in French)

Sécurité Civile Helicopters (in French)

Sécurité Civile Helicopters fleet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Securite Civile Civil defense Emergency services in France Government agencies of France