Des Hommes d'Honneur - Sauvetage à Haut Risque : Montagne

Des Hommes d'Honneur - Sauvetage à Haut Risque : Montagne

26m 40s

Civil protection

They are a handful of men and women who risk their lives every day to save the lives of others. Discovery of the specialized rescue units of the Ministry of Defense. These high-risk rescue specialists carry out 50,000 interventions per year to help 65,000 victims. The High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon intervenes on different sites: ice cascades, rapids, underground ... A dangerous job, but not as much as the behavior of some mountain people...

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