US EditionNorth: Firefighters on the Street to Shout Their Ras-Le-Bol
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On the one hand, the firefighters, and in front of them, the policemen who defend the headquarters of the Fire and Rescue Service in Lille. Very violent clashes between the internal security forces, is very rare. If the anger has climbed by a step, it is following a very unpopular measure adopted on 1 January, the prohibition of the wearing of the beard for security matters. After several hours of face-to-face and the ransack of their offices, t…
Around 10am this Thursday, January 29, 2026, the firefighters of the North began their mobilization. Gathered on the N356, totally at the stop, then in the center of Lille, 700 people responded to the call of the trade union unit of SDIS 59 to carry out their demands.
More than 600 French firefighters participated, Thursday, in a protest denouncing lack of personnel and resources and poor working conditions, in the centre of the northern city of Lille. During the demonstration, firefighters closed the night city circular road before going to the SDS building where they set fire as part of the protest.
Nearly 600 firefighters clashed with riot police in Lille, in northern France, following a violent protest over low salaries and lack of personnel. Protesters broke into the headquarters of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS), causing fires and direct clashes that forced the police to use tear gas. The “provement of force”, as the unions described it, achieved the official promise to hire 50 new personnel to relieve the workload. The…
Clashes erupt between firefighters protesting working conditions and police in France: Staff shortages escalate into a crisis.
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