Each year, firefighters carry out nearly 4.5 million interventions on French territory. 3.5 million victims were taken care of in 2015. Among them, often, children, direct, indirect victims or witnesses of difficult and shocking scenes.
Following the work rendered by the AEPSP this summer to the Senate Committee, the rapporteurs retained in their proposals several elements which are extracted from it and which directly concern psychologists working in the Fire District Commands, with the recognition of their expertise, the observation of the need to change their statutes and the organization of their missions at the national level.
Excellent article by Matthieu Petitclerc and the psychological support team of the BSPP recently published on allo18.
