68/5000 Coronavirus: Overloaded sports calendar, overworked civil security

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The postponements of sporting events have been linked in recent weeks, and many of them have been postponed until the fall such as the Tour de France, Roland-Garros, the 24 hours of Le Mans or the Paris marathon, so as not to quote them. So if we are happy to know that our favorite sporting events are not canceled, there could be many questions around the organization and in particular around civil security on these events. For international, national and interdepartmental competitions, the organizer is obliged to call on one or more approved civil security associations, such as Civil Protection or the Red Cross. These associations have the mission of pre-positioning a rescue team on the scene of the event, intended both for the public and for actors, such as athletes for example. This is called a contingency back-up device. In other words, these rescuers are there to take care of a person who was the victim of an accident or faintness during the demonstration. They thus carry out first aid and even emergency gestures if necessary, and alert the emergency services.

Without civil security, risk of cancellation But it would seem that the organizers have more in mind the economic consequences of the postponement rather than the civil security of their future event. "A lot of the organizers were not aware of that," said Florent Vallée, national relief worker for planning and operations of the Red Cross. Because for the time being, only ASO, organizer of the Tour de France in particular, has notified the Red Cross of its new dates and therefore of the organizational changes. Roland-Garros has still not contacted Civil Protection in order to organize its postponement. An oversight which can however be expensive for the organizers. "If they postpone without notifying the approved civil security association, they may not have the authorization of the prefecture or the sub-prefecture to organize their event," explains Florent Vallée. So understand, cancellation. As the sports calendar fills up, associations fear that they will not be able to meet all needs. "From September, we can expect an overload of activity on our aid stations and this will create a difficulty in dealing with all these emergency relief devices at the same time", explains Jérémy Crunchant, administrator of Civil Protection on a national level. A vision shared by Florent Vallée. “With the postponement of many major events, we will have a traffic jam of sporting and also cultural events over this period in addition to the events already planned. We are going to have difficulty in keeping all the arrangements in place, ”said Florent Vallée, who feared that there would not be enough volunteers available.

Edited April 17, 2020 by -Dark
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