Direction Générale de la Protection Civile

Civil Protection Units intervention results between April 26 and May 2, 2026 (weekly results)

  

  During the period from April 26 to May 2, 2026, civil protection units recorded 26,281 interventions following calls for help from citizens. These interventions covered various areas of civil protection activities, including traffic accidents, domestic incidents, health evacuation, fire extinguishing, and security services’ coverage of various demonstrations.

 Regarding health evacuation operations, our units carried out 16,237 interventions, during which 16,000 wounded and sick people were treated and evacuated to hospitals by civil protection agents.

  In the context of traffic accidents, the Civil Protection Units intervened in 2086 traffic accidents that led to the death of 18 people and the injury of 1422 others who were treated and transferred to hospitals. The heaviest toll was recorded in the state of Djelfa with the death of 4 people at the scene of the accidents and the injury of 38 others as a result of 20 traffic accidents.

 The Civil Protection Units also carried out 902 interventions that allowed the extinguishing of 535 fires, including domestic, industrial and various fires, the most important of which were recorded in the state of Algiers with 46 fires, Oran with 33 fires and Biskra with 25 fires.

 In addition, during the same period, our units in the field of various operations carried out 7,056 interventions in order to rescue 544 people in danger and cover 5,894 ambulance operations.

 Regarding incidents related to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning emitted from various heating and water heaters, the Civil Protection Services carried out 9 interventions during the same period, which allowed the provision of first aid to 16 people poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) gas, who were then transferred to hospitals, with the death of (02) people poisoned with carbon monoxide gas recorded in the state of Algiers.