https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Professional firefighters in France have been holding a series of protests, which on Tuesday lead to violent clashes with police in Paris, but what's it all about? https://www.thelocal.fr/20191016/french-firefighters-threaten-to-go-on-strike-from-wednesday Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:45:41 +0200 french-firefighters-threaten-to-go-on-strike-from-wednesday Firefighters in Calvados, in northern France's Normandy, have created a stir after announcing that residents will be charged for non-emergency call outs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160329/anger-after-french-firefighters-charge-for-call-outs Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:35:38 +0200 anger-after-french-firefighters-charge-for-call-outs An eight-year-old French boy spent four hours wedged in a concrete block on Wednesday after he tumbled in during a game of hide and seek with his friends. Firefighters eventually cut him out after soap and water failed to free him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140403/french-boy-8-gets-stuck-in-concrete-block-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:54:00 +0200 french-boy-8-gets-stuck-in-concrete-block-2 VIDEO: A steamy video shot by a group of half-naked French firefighters, which shows them strutting their stuff in a fire station to the tune of a famous pop song, was only meant to be a joke. But they ended up receiving a scolding from their commanders. See for yourself why. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140303/video-french-firefighters-do-sexy-version-of-us Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0100 video-french-firefighters-do-sexy-version-of-us Sometimes it's just better to buy a new pair of glasses. In attempting to retrieve her specs a 78-year-old woman from eastern France ended up spending a whole night wedged in her chimney. Around 25 firefighters managed to pull her out, but she wasn't happy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/granny-spends-the-night-stuck-in-chimney Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:49:00 +0100 granny-spends-the-night-stuck-in-chimney Firefighters in eastern France have turned to an unconventional method to soothe accident victims, launching a pilot project to try hypnosis to ease the distress of drivers trapped in their cars, among other high-stress emergency scenarios. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130603/french-firefighters-to-use-hypnosis-on-victims Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:46:38 +0200 french-firefighters-to-use-hypnosis-on-victims