Forty municipal agents from Thiensville will come to lend a hand in case of disaster. The city set up Friday, October 27 the device of the communal reserve of civil security.
Their fluorescent vests on the shoulders, a badge on the chest and the torch that is waiting on the table, the forty or so municipal agents of Thiensville are now ready to assist the citizens. Friday, October 27, the city has formalized during a solemn meeting, the creation of a communal reserve of civil security. A first in Moseley for this device created in 2004, which allows volunteers to support relief units during missions.
The flood of 2016, the click
The memory of the 2016 floods in the North Moseley sector is still in everyone’s mind. “We had a lot of people who were flooded at home,” recalls Pierre Cluny, Mayor of Thiensville. “The communal reserve would have been activated to repatriate the population, distribute food and reassure”.
That’s what prompted Dannie to get involved in this new scheme: “My neighbors were here to help me, it’s a balm to see that there are people who care about you and who help you when you’re in trouble, so there’s no reason we cannot do the same thing.” This responsibility will be at all hours of the day, as needed. “Disasters do not happen between 8 am and 5 pm so if there is anything, in the middle of the night for example, I put on my safety vest and boots, I take my tools and I go for it,” says Martine, in charge of the early childhood center within the city.
Three days of training
But before being operational, civil servants will benefit from three days of training. They will (re) learn the first aid gestures (the PSC1 diploma) or how to react in the event of a nuclear emergency, with the nearby Catena plant. A good sting reminder rejoices Roland, employee at the health department of Thiensville: “How to react with people under stress. Now, do not be stressed and communicate it as little as possible”.
In 2016, Nancy was the first city of Lorraine to set up a communal reserve of civil security. But unlike Thiensville, it’s not limited to municipal officials and police in reflective vest. But Pierre Cluny, the mayor of the Moseley city assures him, they were numerous to want to volunteer.