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Two Gironde firefighters promoted to the Legion of Honor after their deaths in July
Anthony Berthôme and Wilfried Schmitter, who died on July 21 in a forest fire near Bordeaux, are being honored Friday at a national ceremony.
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Anthony Berthôme and Wilfried Schmitter, who died on July 21 in a forest fire near Bordeaux, are being honored Friday at a national ceremony.

Firefighters are mobilizing to secure additional financial, material, and human resources following the severe blazes of summer.

Firefighters, exhausted by emergency responses to massive wildfires and duties beyond their normal scope, are striking beginning Tuesday.
The movement begins Tuesday, driven by calls for reinforcements after a summer marked by particularly violent fires.

The firefighters' union coalition has called a labor action from September 8 to October 20 to protest insufficient resources following summer wildfires.