Current Title:	Sécurité Civile
Title in English:	French Public Safety Service
Abbreviation:	SC

Narrative Summary:
Formerly known as the Protection Civile, the Sécurité Civile is a civil defence organisation, involved in coast guard, SAR, ambulance and fire-fighting duties. The Protection Civile was first established some time in the 1950s.

Key Dates:
19??		Protection Civile established.
19??		First aircraft operated.
1976		Protection Civile renamed Sécurité Civile.

Current Status:
To be added.

Future Plans:
32 Eurocopter EC.145 are on order for delivery from 2001.

National Insignia:
Aircraft operate in full civil markings with no national insignia. Additionally, the title SECURITE CIVILE is also carried on the fuselage sides.

Aircraft Serial Numbering System(s):
French Civil Defence aircraft and helicopters carry civil registrations in the F-ZBxx series, eg: CL-415 F-ZBFN. The limited range of letters means that registrations are re-used when aircraft are retired. The Canadairs and Firecats also carry large 'fleet numbers' in the range 1-99.

Unit/Base Aircraft Code System(s):
Coding system not used

Aircraft Designation System(s):
None - Manufacturers designations used

Current Aircraft Inventory:

Aircraft Type	Total Del'd	Total Now	Role	Origin
Aerospatiale Alouette III	32	19	Utility/SAR	local
Aerospatiale AS.350B Ecureuil	8	8	Utility/SAR	local
Beech Super King Air 200	3	3	Utility	USA
Bombardier Dash-8 Q400	2	2	Fire Bombing	Canada
Canadair CL-415	15 #	10	Fire Bombing	Canada
Conair Turbo Firecat	15	12	Fire Bombing	Canada
Eurocopter EC.145	32 #	32 #	Utility/SAR	local

* = on order
# = on delivery

All-Time Aircraft Used List:

Aircraft Type	Quantity	Service Entry	Retirement	Origin
Aero Commander RC680F	1	19??	19??	USA
Aerospatiale Alouette II	13	19??	19??	local
Aerospatiale Alouette III	32	1962	current	local
Aerospatiale AS.332L-1 Puma	1	19??	19??	local
Aerospatiale AS.350B Ecureuil	8	19??	current	local
Aerospatiale AS.365C-1 Dauphin 2	6	19??	19??	local
Agusta-Bell AB.47G	2	19??	19??	Italy
Agusta-Bell AB.47J	1	19??	19??	Italy
Beech King Air	1	19??	19??	USA
Beech Super King Air 200	3	1990	current	USA
Bell 47G	3	19??	19??	USA
Bombardier Dash-8 Q400	2	2005	current	Canada
Canadair CL-215	15	1970	200?	Canada
Canadair CL-415	15	1995	current	Canada
Cessna L-19A Bird Dog	1	19??	19??	USA
Conair Firecat	17	1982	200?	Canada
Conair Turbo Firecat	15 &	1993	current	Canada
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina	9	19??	19??	USA
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina	2	19??	19??	USA
Douglas DC-6B	5	19??	19??	USA
Eurocopter EC.145C2	32 #	2006	current	Germany
Fokker F.27-600	2	1988	2005	Canada?
IAR IAR.316 Alouette III	1	19??	19??	Romania
Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard	3	19??	19??	local
Piper PA-31 Navajo	3	1976	19??	USA

* = on order
# = on delivery
& = 5 plus 10 Firecat conversions

Aircraft NOT Used:
False reports of aircraft on order or in service: None known.

Main Headquarters:
Not known.

Current Organisational Structure:
The Sécurité Civile is divided into the Groupement des Helicopteres de la Securite Civile and the Groupement des Avions Bombardiers d'Eau.

Current Order of Battle:

To be added.

Historical Orders of Battle:
To be added.

All-Time Flying Units List:
Not applicable.

Current Air Bases:
Main helicopter bases are:

Ajaccio/Campo dell'Oro	d'Annecy/Meythet	Bastia/Poretta
Besancon	Bordeaux/Merignac	Cannes/Mandelieu
Clermont Ferrand/Aulnat	Granville/Donville-les-Bains	Grenoble/ Versoud
Le Havre/Octeville	Lille/Lesquin	Lorient/Lann-Bihoue
Lyon/Bron	Marseille/Marignane	Montpellier/Frejorgues
Nimes/Garons	Paris/Issy les Moulineaux	Pau/Uzein
Perpignan/Rivesaltes	Quimper/Pluguffan	La Rochelle/Laleu
Strasbourg/Entzheim	Guadaloupe/Point a Pitre

Seasonal detachment helicopter bases are:

Alpes d'Huez	Chamonix	Couchevel
Gavarnie	Lacanau

Water-bomber bases are:

Bastia	Cannes	Carcassonne/Salvaza
Marseille/Marignane **

** = main water-bomber base, others are seasonal deployments.

All-Time Air Bases Used List:
Not applicable.

Books:

To be added

Magazines:

To be added

Websites:

Official Sécurité Civile webpage

wikipedia: Sécurité Civile

airliners.net

THE FRENCH "SECURITE CIVILE" - CANADAIR DIVISION

Groupement Hélicoptères: Sécurité Civile

Les hélicoptères de la Sécurité Civile