A billion euros over five years promised to firefighters by Laurent Nuñez

One billion euros over five years. Faced with the anger of firefighters, particularly professionals, Laurent Nuñez promised Friday to strengthen the resources of the departmental fire and rescue services (Sdis). The budgetary measure will nevertheless have to be voted on each year.

In a speech broadcast at the annual firefighters' congress, the Minister of the Interior assured that the so-called civil security modernization bill would contain "an article explicitly showing the means" devoted to the next five years.

A measure financed by the special tax on insurance agreements

“This programming will be financed each year by 200 million in revenue from the special tax on additional insurance agreements, which appear in the finance bill for 2027,” indicated the minister. The government is indeed planning in this PLF an “exceptional increase” in the tax on insurance agreements (TSCA) in order to strengthen the resources of Sdis, an increase estimated at 200 million euros.

A fraction of this TSCA, which applies to motorists' insurance contracts, and which is allocated to local authorities and social security organizations, is allocated to departments to finance firefighters.

“We will judge the amounts received by the Sdis”

“It’s an interesting political direction,” said Xavier Boy, president of the professional firefighters union FA/SPP-PATS. “But an announcement does not equal a lasting budgetary commitment. We will judge on the texts, the amounts actually recorded and the sums actually received by the Sdis,” he warned.