First and foremost, the new headquarter will be
an operational structure
whose nerve center will be constituted by the emergency monitor room
and the departmental fire and rescue operational center
Besides the technical aspect,
the construction of the new headquarter and the fire and rescue control room
was a human challenge.
In the spirit of close collaboration,
it is a intensive work with the technical department
as well as with all of our providers.
This headquarter must be above all considered
as an operational center whose mission is to receive
incoming "18" (equivalent 911) calls and dispatch rescue teams.
>From the start of the project,
The I.C.T. Service
Information and Communication Technologies
has been involved in the building project.
As a consequence, technical constraints of security and pooling
were taken into consideration for the realization of the project.
The construction of the new headquarter and the fire and rescue control room
was foremost a human challenge
>From the validation phase of the program by authorities
in consultation with the Administration and several command services
and also with all the people who have contributed
to draft plans
and specifications,
to the companies themselves that participated to this project
And of course, to the whole team beside me to help getting the result we know today
namely, a headquarter
A modern and secured fire and rescue control room,
a modern logistic platform for the daily needs of firefighters,
a departmental workshop respecting all safety standards
and also offices
that enable administrative or technical staff
to work effectively for the "Allier" firefighters.
One of the guiding ideas of the project
was optimization, sharing of facilities.
This results, especially in the Situation Room
which is a room that is not intended to be used extensively,
We've built it, keeping in mind that
It could also be used as a training room
for the "departemental fire and rescue control room" staff
as for all of us
and it can also serve as a meeting room for groupment operations.
Regarding securing, the first critical point that has been treated
is incoming "18" calls handling
Taking calls "18" is the first event
before the on-site intervention
We organize the securing
with a redundancy of "France Telecom" phone access,
starting from the headquarter, with two lines
and reaching 2 separate "France Telecom" buildings
which are linked
to "Clermont Ferrand" and "Montluçon" distribution mainframe
to ensure that the "18" calls lead at the fire and rescue control room.
4 buildings constitutes the new headquarter
with a total area of 3 700 sqm (4 425 sqyd).
The "A" building, already existing, was rehabilitated.
It includes 3 levels :
2nd floor : management of rescue group
1st floor : the administrative and financial group
Ground floor : reception room and board of directors.
The "B" Building is also a rehabilitated building already existing
where we will find the staff area,
The cafeteria and the social activities committee,
Then, a series of new buildings,
The "C" Building, gathering technical and logistic services
as well as several modular meeting rooms.
The "D" Building, with 2 units,
the departmental workshop, with its 4 bays
and the logistic platform, with its 450 sqm (538 sq yd) large storage.
The "E" Building, which is the link
between the "A" and "F" buildings.
in this "E" building, we find the elevator shaft
servicing the 3 levels of the "A" and "F" buildings
and the "F" building, "the Heart of the System",
On its 2nd floor, the fire and rescue control room
and departemental fire and rescue control room
The 1st floor, gathering the departmental services and departmental Director
and the risk management group,
and the ground floor, gathering the health and medical assistance services.
The headquarter is served by two accesses
the main entrance located "rue de l'arsenal"
This access gives access to all the building, as for administrative services
and a 2nd access, "rue Jacques Coeur", for the technical workshop and logistics platform
this access will be restricted to suppliers, workshop and logistics platform
The outside of the headquarter, is composed of a few specific entities
one hundred parking places,
a pump-test station, for checking
the compliance of the pumps following maintenance.
In order to implement the radio communication system
it was built a 40m/44yd-high tower with nine antennas.
In terms of communication vectors
We use numerous ways :
We use radio communication, consisting in
digital or analog radio networks
We use wired communication as well
with technologies as
SDSL / ADSL
PSTN, Optical fiber
we use all these technologies.
In practice, this means we have at our disposal
2 technical locals
providing redundancy
to ensure the continuity of the "18" call system
The technology here is made to be at the user's disposal
in a simple and transparent way.
For users, badges allows them
access to buildings,
time registration,
reprography access,
access to coffee machines,
and any new potential uses that may be developed in the future.
In exceptional circumstances,
from now on, we have at our disposal
A departemental fire and rescue center
able to safely and efficiently,
deal with
the most serious interventions.
The new headquarter will also enable
all Firemen and all administrative and technical staff,
to work in good conditions.
With this new headquarter
the Fire Department of the Allier decisively enter
the 21st century.