At sea, in the mountains or in the forest, they are on alert, ready to help people in distress. They have a passion and take risks, discover the daily lives of rescuers.
Meeting on a beach in Cap-Ferret with a lifeguard, CRS of the national police. In a simple exercise, we are witnessing the rescue of a drowning person. The CRS explains the different phases of the operation.
Meeting with Laurence BONHOTTE, lifeguard, assigned to a monitoring station on a beach in La Baule. Brigadier Chief and Chief of Beach Pascal SIBILLOTE explains the activities of beach supervisors.
Report dedicated to the training of lifeguards before the opening of the summer season, in Montalivet, Gironde. Interviews with Eric BARBIER, head of the Bordeaux civil security helicopter base, Jessica PLANA, master lifeguard trainee, Paul VIGOUROUX, trainer and Hervé BENACHOUR-TESTE, Société nationale de sauvetage en mer (SNSM), alternating with a comment on illustration images.
On the beach of Ouistreham in Calvados, meeting with lifeguards of the CRS of the national police. They’re training to rescue a drowning victim. Interviewed, Brigadier BASSAND, CRS and Chief of Beach, lists the various exercises of the lifeguard’s physical training.
Portrait of volunteer firefighters, lifeguards in Soulac sur Mer. Interviewed on the beach, young women give the image that they make of saveteurs: tanned, nice, very cute... Further on, a firefighter lists the qualities required to be a lifeguard.