"Yesterday Bell, Alouette, Dolphin, Squirrel dressed all in red, today EC 145 in the colors of civil security, for 60 years the Dragons have crisscrossed the skies of France always with the same motto: "Serve to help".

In civil security helicopters - as on the ground in the bases or at the Nîmes-Garons group - women and men (pilots, flight mechanics, technicians, trainers, administrators, etc.) carry out their daily missions with the passion and professionalism that drive the rescuers. Mountain rescue, sea rescue, road accidents, forest fires, etc., they are in all areas of operations in sometimes difficult conditions. However, our winged rescuers will always go as far as pushing their machines to the limits of possibility to save a life. Since 1957, civil security helicopter crews have rescued more than 350,000 people. "

JÉRÔME BOULANGER