01-04-2018 – France-Robert Sandraz -Vol FF Attempted Rescue Flood

A victim of Storm Eleanor, Robert Sandraz, a 64 year old Volunteer

Firefighter was attempting to rescue a family who had

taken refuge on top of their vehicle during a flood.

The ground gave way and Robert Sandraz was washed into the rapid flood waters and he was carried away. His

body was located downstream the following day.

Floods: a volunteer firefighter disappeared in Isèrehttps://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/savoie-le-corps-retrouve-est-bien-celui-du-pompier-disparu-3537959&prev=searchJanuary 04, 2018

The volunteer firefighter was washed away while rescuing a car from a river. @ FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP

A rescue operation is underway to try to find the firefighter.A volunteer firefighter, dropped into the water during an intervention, went missing Thursday in the gorges of Breda, Isere. Relief is currently facing multiple floods, mudslides and landslides. This firefighter was swept away by the waters while he intervened after the fall of a car in a flooded river (la Breda) at Moutaret, in Isère.He has been missing since 1:30 pm A rescue operation is underway, said Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Bernier, spokesman for civil security. He was rescuing a

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refugee family on the roof of his car when he was carried away after a subsidence of the ground. The family could nevertheless be rescued, reports the prefecture of Savoy in a statement.

Important means mobilized. A total of 35 firefighters, two helicopters, three teams of cynotechnists and divers and aquatic rescuers are trying to find him, details the authorities. Contacted by AFP, the departmental operational Fire and Rescue Center of Savoy, Codis 73, to which it is attached, confirms this disappearance but does not wish to make further comments for the moment.

Thursday, seven departments, including Isère and Savoy, were always placed in flood alert, some with risk of floods or avalanches, after the passage of the storm Eleanor.Two people have already lost their lives in the Alps: a 21-year-old skier in Haute-Savoie on Wednesday, and a nonagenarian after a heart attack in his flooded house in Isère on Thursday.

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A firefighter fell into the water during an intervention on Thursday, and has since gone missing. A rescue operation is in progress.

A firefighter, dropped into the water during an intervention, is missing Thursday in Isere, where relief must cope with floods, mudslides and multiple landslides, sources said. concordant.

Swept away by the waters in full interventionThis fireman was swept away by the waters in the Breda Gorge, while he intervened after the fall of a car in a flooded river, in Isère. He has been missing since 1:30 pm A rescue operation is underway, told AFP Lt. Col. Michael Bernier, spokesman for civil security.

He was rescuing a refugee family on the roof of his car when he was carried away after a subsidence of the

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Illustration imagePhilippe Huguen / Afp

ground. The family could nevertheless be rescued, reports the prefecture of Savoy in a statement.

Savoy still on orange alert since yesterdayA total of 35 firefighters, two helicopters, three teams of cynotechnists and divers and aquatic rescuers are trying to find him, details the authorities.

Savoy remains since yesterday in orange avalanche-rain flood. Heavy rainfall and wind lead to heavy mudslides, falling trees and boulders. It is recommended to limit his movements.

This Thursday, a dozen departments including Isère were placed on flood alert, some with risk of floods or avalanches, after the passage of the storm Eleanor. Two people have already lost their lives in the Alps: a 21-year-old skier in Haute-Savoie on Wednesday, and a nonagenarian after a heart attack in his flooded house in Isère on Thursday.

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A volunteer firefighter went missing Thursday, January 4, 2018 in Détrier (Savoie). He was swept away by the waters while trying to rescue a familyA volunteer firefighter went missing on Thursday, January 4, 2018, after being swept away by the river Le Breda, in the commune of Détrier (Savoie). 

The incident occurred while the firefighter was trying with other colleagues to rescue a family, refugees on the roof of their car after a surge of water from the torrent, says France Bleu Pays de Savoie.

The ground sinksAccording to our colleagues, the ground would have collapsed during the operation, taking the firefighter into the flood of heavy rains, as a result of the storm Eleanor.

Search operations are underway to try to find the firefighter, said the prefecture France Bleu . They mobilize "35 firefighters, two medical helicopters, three dog teams and nautical means".

The prefecture specifies that the "rescued family has been made safe".

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The passage of storm Eleanor caused flooding. Here in Rouen.

(© SL / Normandie actu)

READ ALSO: Storm Eleanor: One Death, Four Serious Injuries, 4300 Firefighter Interventions

A woman drowned in her house

Earlier in the day, not far from there, a 93-year-old woman died drowned in her house located in the town of Crêts-en-Belledonne (Isère). His house had been flooded by the waves.

Torrential rains fell on the department due to the storm Eleonor . They caused the flood of a nearby stream that invaded the house. When they arrived, the helpers could not revive the lady who was in cardio-respiratory arrest.

ALSO READ: Storm Eleanor: 21 departments on orange alert, 15,000 homes without electricity

Isère on orange alert floodsThe Isère has been placed on orange alert by Météo-France because of a risk of floods due to heavy rains caused by the storm Eleanor. The valley of Grésivaudan, between Grenoble and Chambéry, is particularly affected, like the village of La Pierre, flooded three-quarters according to the mayor of the town.

Savoy, it is since Wednesday placed in alert orange avalanche rain flood.

Savoie: a body found near the place of the firefighter's disappearanceJanuary 05, 2018

Extensive research had been done to find the firefighter washed away. @ PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP

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The body could be that of the volunteer firefighter who was swept away Thursday by a raging torrent while trying to rescue a family.A body was found Friday at midday near the scene of the disappearance of a 64-year-old volunteer firefighter , who fell on Thursday in a flooded river during an intervention between Isère and Savoie, announced the prefect of Savoy. "A body has been located under water but has not yet been identified, nothing allows for now," said Louis Laugier at a press conference. Extensive research was carried out to find this firefighter from Savoie, washed away by the waters when he intervened after the fall of a car in the Breda Moutaret , in Isère, on the border of the two departments.

The body located in the neighboring commune . The body was located in the lock of Détrier in Savoy, a neighboring village and downstream of Moutaret where the rescuer disappeared into the gorges of this impetuous torrent and gorged rains storm Eleanor .A dog "marked" at midday this area, according to the Codis (Departmental operational fire and rescue center) of Savoie.

This firefighter had been swept away by the waters, after a subsidence of ground, while he intervened after the fall in the torrent of a car, carried away by a flow of mud. The family, who had taken refuge on the roof of the vehicle, could be rescued.

"Extremely experienced". The missing volunteer firefighter was "extremely experienced (...) recognized for his professionalism and his state of mind," said Colonel Emmanuel Clavaud of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Savoy. "He was decorated a few weeks ago with the Homeland Security medal and passed on his passion to one of his children", who has also become a firefighter, he added.

Storm Eleanor: The body found in Savoy is that of the firefighter disappeared in Isèrehttps://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2196759-20180105-tempete-eleanor-corps-retrouve-savoie-pres-lieu-disparition-pompier&prev=search INTEMPERIES "The body was located under water," said the prefect of Savoie ...05/01/18   Storm Eleanor has a new victim. The body found Friday at midday is that of the 64-year-old Savoyard volunteer firefighter, who has been missing since Thursday , after falling into a flooded

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Storm Eleanor caused torrential rains in Isère. - AFP

river during an intervention between Isère and Savoie , we learned from the parquet of Grenoble.

"The body is indeed the firefighter's wanted," said Olivier Royer, deputy prosecutor of the Republic in Grenoble. The Isère prosecutor's office, seized because the disappearance had taken place on a commune of the Isère, closed the investigation after the identification of the body leaving the waters of Breda.

Swept away by a landslideThe firefighter 's body was located in the lock of Détrier (Savoie), a village nearby and downstream of Moutaret where the rescuer disappeared into the gorges of this impetuous torrent and gorged with the rains of the storm Eleanor.

To read also: Storm Eleanor: A third victim, a farmer, found dead under a snowfall in Savoie

A dog has "marked" at mid-day this area, according to the Codis (Departmental Operational Fire and Rescue Center) of Savoie. It is a subsidence of ground, while it intervened after the fall in the torrent of a car carried by a mudslide, which would have been fatal to the fireman.

A volunteer firefighter decorated and "extremely experienced"The family in distress he came to help and who had taken refuge on the roof of the vehicle could be rescued. The missing volunteer firefighter was "extremely experienced (...) recognized for his professionalism and his state of mind," said Colonel Emmanuel Clavaud Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Savoy.

"He was decorated a few weeks ago with the Homeland Security medal and passed on his passion to one of his children," he added, also a firefighter.

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The body found Friday at midday is that of the 64-year-old Savoyard volunteer firefighter, who has been missing since Thursday after falling into a flooded river during an intervention between Isère and Savoy, the source said.

"The body is indeed that of the wanted firefighter," said Olivier Royer, Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic in Grenoble. The Isère prosecutor's office, seized because the disappearance had taken place on a commune of Isere, closed the investigation after the identification of the body leaving the waters of Breda, inflated by the rains of the storm Eleanor.

The tribute of Gerard Collomb. At midday, the Savoy Prefect Louis Laugier had announced that the important means deployed for 24 hours had found a body "underwater", at a lock of the town downstream of Détrier. "The identification was not difficult," said the prosecution. Interior Minister Gérard Collomb "saluted the memory of this corporal who had just participated in the extremely dangerous

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rescue of a couple and a refugee baby on the roof" of their car "immobilized in the middle of the torrent unleashed , while at the time of his disappearance, he went to the rescue of another motorist in perdition ".

The firefighter fell on Thursday in a torrent in flood during an intervention between the Isere and Savoy.

The ground had then stolen under his feet, throwing it into the waves, on the commune of Moutaret, in the Isere. This firefighter from the La Rochette rescue center was "extremely experienced and recognized for his professionalism," he had "passed on his passion to one of his children," said Colonel Emmanuel Clavaud Departmental Fire and Rescue (Sdis) of Savoy. In France, 80% of the 247,000 firefighters are volunteers.

Savoie: the missing firefighter was found deadhttps://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.sudouest.fr/2018/01/05/savoie-un-corps-retrouve-pres-du-lieu-de-la-disparition-du-pompier-4086076-4971.php&prev=search 05/01/2018 by SudOuest.fr with AFP .

The volunteer firefighter "recognized for his professionalism and his state of mind" had disappeared Thursday while he intervened to rescue a family

The body found Friday at midday is that of the 64-year-old volunteer firefighter, who fell on Thursday in a flooded river during an intervention between Isère and Savoie, the prosecutor's office said.

Important research had been done to find this firefighter from Savoy, washed away by the waters when he intervened after the fall of a car in Breda Moutaret (Isère), on the border of the two departments. The family, who had taken refuge on the roof of the vehicle, could be rescued.

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"Extremely experienced"The body was located in the lock of Détrier (Savoy), a neighboring village and downstream of Moutaret where the rescuer disappeared into the gorges of this impetuous torrent and gorged rains storm Eleanor. A dog "marked" at midday this area, according to the Codis Departmental operational fire and rescue center) of Savoie. 

The deceased volunteer firefighter was "extremely experienced (...) recognized for his professionalism and his state of mind," said Colonel Emmanuel Clavaud of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Savoy.

"Robert Sandraz was the father of three adult children, two of whom are also volunteer firefighters, one of whom was present at the intervention," the firefighters said on their website .

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Important means have beenmobilized to find the sexagenarian.

Philippe Desmazes Afp

LA ROCHETTE Firefighter swept away in the Breda: Robert Sandraz cried by his whole villagehttp://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2018/01/05/pleure-par-tout-son-village-robert-restera-pompier-pour-l-eternite

In Presle, several generations of firemen gathered including Robert and Nicolas Sandraz (1st and 2nd on the right, squatting in the first row).

The rays of the sun failed yesterday to warm the hearts of the inhabitants of Val Gelon, upset by the death in intervention of Robert Sandraz, volunteer firefighter in the center of La Rochette. In the streets of the city center, the faces are serious and tense. A feeling of solidarity prevails: "We all feel concerned". On social networks, the messages are multiplying: La Rochette mourns his fireman. 

Kindness, availability, patience: Robert's qualities come back in a loop.

As soon as the tragic news fell, Éric Covarel, the mayor of Presle, decided to cancel the vow ceremony that was to take place today. On January 12, the ceremony of Saint Barbara was also canceled.

From the Valley of Oils to the services of Sdis, Robert Sandraz was known for his professionalism and his human qualities, deployed in 28 years of commitment. In Presle, the village where he lived, engaging in firefighters is a tradition that continues from generation to generation. At the last feast of St. Barbara, old and new firefighters were gathered. Alongside their elders, the last three recruits -

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including Nicolas Sandraz, Robert's son - took up the torch of courage by committing themselves to the service of others. In August, at every village party organized by the friendly firefighters, Robert held the recipe for a polite successful.

Last month, Robert Sandraz had been decorated by the prefect.

Robert was on all fronts. Asked by each other, he always found a solution to a last-minute problem. On claims, accidents or fires, his coolness and efficiency guided his actions. At the rescue center, his comrades mourn the one they affectionately called "Papy". Without being able to reach the hut of retirement, Robert Sandraz became a firefighter for eternity.

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