FRANCE: FRENCH FIREFIGHTERS INVITE NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS TO JOIN THEM IN DEMONSTRATION FOR TRADITIONAL OF FIREFIGHTERS DAY

Record ID: 376165

  • Title: FRANCE: FRENCH FIREFIGHTERS INVITE NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS TO JOIN THEM IN DEMONSTRATION FOR TRADITIONAL OF FIREFIGHTERS DAY
  • Date: 13th July 2002
  • Summary: (U5) PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 13, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF FRENCH FIRE TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE THE PARIS CITY HALL 0.05 2. WIDE OF A TURNTABLE LADDER IS SET AGAINST A SMOKING WINDOW OF THE CITY HALL FOR MOCK RESCUE/ PAN OF CROWD (2 SHOTS) 0.10 3. SMV FRENCH FIREFIGHTERS STANDING AT SCENE 0.12 4. SMV MAYOR OF PARIS BERTRAND
  • Embargoed: 28th July 2002 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAEN17CA0Y7L5DPO02YGFJBBGAP
  • Story Text: Firefighter's day is traditionally celebrated in France
    the day before Bastille day, when fire brigades all over the
    country hold an open day to the public and put on exhibitions
    and demonstrations. This year, French firefighters invited New
    York's firefighters to Paris, as a tribute to those who died
    on September 11.



    French firefighters were joined by their U.S.

    counterparts on Saturday (July 13) outside the Paris city
    hall, where hundreds gathered to watch a joint mock rescue
    from a burning building.

    These and similar exhibitions are staged all over France
    for firefighters' day, which traditionally falls on the day
    before Bastille Day (July 14).

    Saturday's ceremonies, attended by French Interior
    Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, Defence Minister Michele
    Alliot-Marie and the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, had
    some special guests from New York, 75 relatives of the
    firefighters who lost their lives less than a year ago.

    The Paris Fire Brigade also put on a dazzling gymnastics
    display.

    The joint exercises and ceremonies followed the signing of
    a twinning agreement between Parisian and New York
    firefighters, 10 months after the September 11 attacks on New
    York, which claimed the lives of 343 U.S. firefighters.

    The commander of Parisian firefighters General Debarnot
    and New York's Fire Chief Daniel Nigro signed the agreement
    witnessed by 75 relatives of those killed on September 11.

    On Sunday (July 14), the American families will be invited
    to attend the Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees.

    cah/MR

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