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Into The Fire

“The Marshille Battalion”

2017

~45 min / ep

1 season

12 episodes

Documentary

Into The Fire is a unique series that follows the world’s most elite firefighting unit, the BMPM of Marseille This 2000 man strong force, part of the French Navy, battles not only blazes in the buildings of Marseille, but intervenes when there are disasters at sea and deal with the deadly forest fires plague the region.

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Cast

Donal McCann

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Fires At the University
01-01-201745 min
The Mistral, drought and arsonists… an explosive cocktail in Marseille.A fire has just broken out behind the Marseille Aix University in Luminy. This first outbreak poses a direct...
Ep 2
2.July the Fourteenth
08-01-201745 min
In Marseille, on July 14, the housing projects come alive and organize firework displays one after the other. This is the night chosen by arsonists to put on their own little shows...
Ep 3
3.Fire and Water
15-01-201748 min
The firefighters of the Saint Pierre firehouse, one of the busiest in Marseille, are called to a fire in an apartment in a block of several floors. Meantime a pleasure boat and its...
Ep 4
4.Emergency in the Calanques
22-01-201744 min
The GRIMP, the dangerous situation reconnaissance and intervention group, operate day and night in the calanques national park. This is one of the most beautiful of France’s nature...
Ep 5
5.Sinking ship
29-01-201744 min
August 12 2016, a 50’ schooner runs onto a rock in the Frioul archipelago, several miles off the Marseille shores. The Pointe Rouge rescue services do all they can to prevent the s...
Ep 6
6.Water in the Gas
05-02-201743 min
The firefighters are in the front line to cap broken gas lines. This sort of intervention can quickly turn to tragedy. In summer, the Marseille calanques park is a trap. The GRIMP...
Ep 7
7.Emergency Evacuation
12-02-201742 min
A fire is reported in an apartment with open windows and with balconies. It only needs three minutes for the flames to produce toxic smoke, which, at high temperatures, burns the l...
Ep 8
8.Marseille and the Arsonists
19-02-201743 min
Marseille is surrounded by hills that form the city’s “Green Lung”. In summer, drought gets the upper hand and hits record highs. A small brush fire can very quickly develop into a...
Ep 9
9.Threat from the Schooner
26-02-201745 min
The brigade’s divers take high risks to prevent an old schooner that sank the day before from polluting the flora and fauna of the crystal waters. For these firefighters regularly...
Ep 10
10.The Fire of the Century
05-03-201748 min
On August 10 2016, a fire of an exceptional scale is heading straight for Marseille. Driven by a strong 65mph wind the fire is spreading fastly. The increasing number of seats of f...
Ep 11
11.Marseille Naval Fire Battalion
12-03-201742 min
The CETIS is a training center, equipped with simulators that can recreate the real conditions of certain types of fire. Today a group of firefighters will discover a pool called “...
Ep 12
12.Trapped by Fire
19-03-201741 min
On July 15, an arsonist sets various locations alight on the “Blue Coast”. The Canadairs are deployed, as the fires encircle a small town. Residents try to escape by the road or by...

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