Financial Penalty for not Clearing your Garden
In order to prevent wildfires the fines levied for not clearing your garden are increasing. The areas affected are: The rules might differ between departments in the same region, and some other departments that have forests or woods at risk might also require it. To check if your property is affected visit the official website […]
Emergency Alerts
France’s Civil Defence Agency – ‘Sécurité Civile’ – has an alert system that sends a message to people’s smartphones to signal an emergency. When the authorities want to alert residents of a danger, for example, extreme weather, fires, a terrorist incident, high pollution levels or a flood, they can send a message to all the different mobile […]