Previously known as the Protection Civile until 1976, the Direction de la Défense de la Sécurité Civile (Department of Civil Defence and Emergency Preparedness) is the civil defence agency of the French Government operating for the French Ministry of the Interior.  The Sécurité Civile employs over 2,500 civilian and military personnel across 60+ sites and is split into several branches:

The Sous-Direction des Sapeur-pompiers are the French firefighters.

The Sous-Direction des opérations de Secours et de la coopération civilo-militaire (Rescue operation and civil-military cooperation branch) cover bomb disposal, coast guard, mountain rescue, air ambulance MEDIVAC and aerial firefighting duties.

The Rescue operation and civil-military cooperation branch operate the 

Groupement des Moyens Aériens Sécurité Civile (Aerial Group) split as follows: 

F-ZBQG @ Ferte Alais 2016