One in five was EBIT impacted by fire this week

Fiery embers rallumaient still here and there a few resumed fire quickly controlled yesterday, in the districts of Marseille, that a review of the fire risk prevention devices was already prepared by the Directorate General of prevention and the protection of the city. "We have avoided the worst, welcomes the Mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin. But it remains to be planning to secure the neighbouring districts of natural areas. I'm not sure that all the houses here have a permit to construct rule.

Inherited from the tradition of wilderness management in the post-war years, many sheds have been gradually consolidated hard and tolerated. But their presence in the heart of the garrigue is not without problems. The municipality took the measure and has implemented a unique device for prevention. Approximately 25,000 owners have identified about 50 kilometres from border separating the urban fabric and natural areas.

One in five was EBIT impacted by fire this week. Despite the violent wind which fuelled the progress of the flames to urbanized areas, relief deplored no injuries and only two houses were completely burned, including the one in the neighbourhood of the Panouse, came to be charged for having not cleared his land, a practice now required. "This obligation returned little by little in patterns, but we are still 100 minutes each year," regret Caroline déléguée Pozmetier, Assistant Security.

Ensure accessibility

A second action for the prevention and protection service that mobilizes 642 people deals with accessibility sites at risk, which may slow down or impede - as was the case dans headquarters of the three bridges - the intervention of relief. The establishment of a master plan is in progress on few zones tests, but he faces number of stakeholders to reach an agreement, and must be coordinated to the installation of water tanks: 25 have been deployed in areas of risk. The city plans to install 40 in all.

The action of prevention is finally more restrictive management of building in the area of interface permits. A risk planning Committee was established in 2002 to analyse all applications by a College of experts in areas at risk. 50 (On a thousand deposits per year) were denied for eight years.

"These measures have not yet shown any effectiveness, recognizes the Mayor, but need to judge its relevance in the long term."For 15,000 hectares urbanized on the some 23,000 in the commune, 8,500 is seen as being at risk, half of which (approximately 4.300 hectares) are related to forest fires. In addition to the measures of prevention, the city of Marseille relies on his battalion of sailors-fire fort of 2,400 men, which it finances almost only the invoice: EUR 80 million per year. Nearly 500 soldiers from the fire were mobilized on fire this week.

Come greet their effectiveness, the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the armies have unanimously denounced "an inexcusable professional misconduct in violation with the rules of use of the tracer in summer" on the part of the command of the military camp in Carpiagne, hence is party fire, and promised the assistance of the military for the repair of the damage caused.