Toulouse. It has just entered service: discover the new Haute-Garonne fire station
By Thibaut Calatayud
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It is finally operational. After several months of work, the Toulouse Atlanta fire and rescue center officially works since Monday, July 25, 2022.
73 professional firefighters and 45 volunteers
Located on Atlanta Boulevard, it will come in support of the barracks which intervene in Toulouse but also in nine other municipalities (Flourens, The union, Launaguet, Mons, Balma brooch and part of those ofAucamville, Balma, Dremil-Lafage and Fonbeauzard). At the time, these towns were defended by the rescue centers of Ramonville Saint-Agne, Rouffiac-Tolosan and Toulouse Lougnon.
This new barracks will consist of 73 professional firefighters, 45 volunteer firefighters, two administrative staff and 13 vehicles. Commander Thierry Sigwald, head of the center, and Captain Vincent Veyssier, his deputy, will lead all these fine people.
This is the fourth integrated center in 15 months
With Toulouse Atlanta, the Toulouse agglomeration has its fourth new center in the space of 15 months.
“It is one of five rescue centers integrated ex nihilo in the Toulouse conurbation, which is more generally part of the vast construction program undertaken by the SDIS of Haute-Garonne to adapt its organization to population growth and the evolution of the risks in the department”, explain the firefighters of Haute-Garonne.
Among these new centers, we can cite that of Montgiscardopened for just over a year, but also those ofAussonne and of Toulouse Delrieu.
In October 2022, the firefighters will take possession of a new center, Toulouse Carsalade, located on boulevard de Thibaud. With that of Atlanta, this opening “will make it possible to optimize the operational coverage of the defended territory by requiring response times, and to improve the quality of relief for the benefit of the population”.
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