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06 — PCS, PICS & DICRIM

PCS, PICS, DICRIM: the safeguard obligations for municipalities and inter-municipal bodies.

The Internal Security Code provides that municipalities exposed to a major risk, and the inter-municipal bodies they belong to, establish safeguard plans. ELISK. supports elected officials in drafting, testing and updating them.

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Three documents, one protective logic

Distinct obligations, at different levels.

Each of these documents follows its own logic — municipal, inter-municipal or citizen-facing — but they all share the same objective: protecting the population from major risks.

Municipal level

PCS — Municipal Safeguard Plan

An operational document that organizes, under the mayor's authority, the municipality's response to a crisis: alerting, informing, supporting and protecting the population. Mandatory in municipalities exposed to a major natural or technological risk.

Inter-municipal level

PICS — Inter-municipal Safeguard Plan

Introduced by the Matras law, it organizes coordination and solidarity among the member municipalities of an EPCI as soon as a single one of them is subject to the PCS obligation.

Resident information

DICRIM — Municipal Information Document on Major Risks

Drafted by the mayor, it informs residents of the major risks the municipality is exposed to and the safeguard measures in place, including those from the PCS.

The legal framework

What the Internal Security Code provides.

Municipalities exposed to a major natural or technological risk must establish a PCS, and the inter-municipal body a PICS as soon as a single one of its member municipalities is subject to it. A statutory deadline governs the preparation of these plans, running from the prefectural notification or from the promulgation of the text that creates the obligation.

  • Article L. 731-3 of the Internal Security Code, which makes the PCS mandatory in the municipalities concerned
  • Article L. 731-4 of the same code, introduced by the Matras law of 25 November 2021, which extends this obligation to the PICS
  • Decree No. 2022-907 of 20 June 2022, which sets out its content and drafting procedure
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Support journey Click a step for detail
Step 01 / 04

Diagnosis of obligations

A precise stocktake of what's already in place, needs updating, or has yet to be created for your municipality or EPCI.

The same point of contact from the first diagnosis to the test exercise.
Our support

End-to-end support, beyond the document itself.

ELISK. supports elected officials and their teams from initial training through operational drafting, all the way to the test exercise that validates the plan in the field.

  • Diagnosis of obligations and the local authority's current status
  • Drafting or updating the PCS, PICS or DICRIM
  • Test exercise to validate the plan under realistic conditions
  • Training for elected officials and teams mobilized in a crisis
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How it works

Four steps, from diagnosis to ongoing updates.

A structured approach, adapted to your local authority's current situation — whether you need to create these documents or bring them into compliance.

01

Regulatory stocktake

Your obligations and current status: PCS, PICS or DICRIM already in place, needing an update, or yet to be created.

02

Supported drafting

Drafting or updating the document with your teams, in coordination with State services.

03

Test exercise

Testing the plan through a realistic simulation exercise, to check that it works in the field.

04

Follow-up & updates

Regular updates to keep the plan compliant and operational over time.

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Documents covered: PCS, PICS and DICRIM, at whichever level applies to you.

Tested

Every plan is put to the test in a live exercise before it's considered operational.

Ongoing

Follow-up over time, not a document filed away once signed.

In practice

What you leave with.

Four deliverables to turn a legal obligation into a genuinely operational plan.

Sheet 01/04

Obligations diagnosis

A precise assessment of what's already in place, needs updating, or must be created for your municipality or inter-municipal body.

Sheet 02/04

A drafted or updated document

A PCS, PICS or DICRIM ready for adoption, written with your teams — not a generic template.

Sheet 03/04

Test exercise report

The lessons of a realistic stress test, learned before a real crisis reveals them for you.

Sheet 04/04

Ongoing update plan

A follow-up schedule to stay compliant over time, as your territory evolves.

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