Eurockéennes de Belfort. Fewer drug problems, few evacuations: the good record of emergency services

At the time of writing, the Eurockéennes safety figures were looking good. "On Thursday, we even recorded a record low number of interventions," explains Alexandre Tamé, head of the rescue team.

His team of around fifty volunteers works on the site, the campsite, the parking lots, and the surrounding areas, which are closed to traffic. "We work hand in hand with the Samu Nord Franche-Comté and the Sdis (fire brigade). Since last year, a new system has been put in place. People treated here, who do not require a technical platform, are sent back to the campsite where their monitoring is finalized. This is to avoid clogging up the emergency room at the Nord Franche-Comté hospital."

The Samu 90 teams work in shifts "from Thursday to Monday morning, non-stop, in the campsite and on the festival site. We have two doctors, two nurses, a paramedic, and an intern on site, as well as a team at the campsite," explains Franck Triponel, director of medical assistance and head of the Smur department at Trévenans hospital.

In figures, day by day, this gives 98 admissions (including 32 at the campsite) on Thursday, 257 (79) on Friday and 241 (81) on Saturday. That's 623 admissions in three days. "This is a very reasonable figure. There was one person evacuated from the site and two from the campsite, to the hospital. And nothing on Friday and Saturday," lists Alexandre Tamé.

"We note an evolution depending on the type of concert. On Thursdays , the number of admissions was very low because the metal audience tends to be careful with their neighbors. We also observe that behaviors have changed since the covid period. With inflation, when a spectator pays for concerts, it is more for the music than to get their head upside down..." Another appreciable piece of news is that the number of admissions related to drug use fell significantly in 2025.