SNSPP-Pats

What SNSPP-Pats does

SNSPP-PATS (Syndicat National des Sapeurs-Pompiers Professionnels et des Personnels Administratifs Techniques et Spécialisés des SDIS de France) is the French national trade union representing career (professional) firefighters and administrative, technical, and specialized personnel employed by the country's Départemental Fire and Rescue Services (SDIS). Headquartered at 6 rue Paul Eluard, Pessac, with a staff of 6, the union operates through a decentralized network of departmental sections across at least 20 French départements (including overseas territories 971 and 976) and is positioned by its leadership as the leading representative body within French SDIS. Its mandate covers collective bargaining, occupational health and safety advocacy, legal representation, staffing-level negotiation, equipment provision, protection against workplace violence, and career advancement for both uniformed firefighters and PATS (administrative/technical/specialized) staff numbering roughly 51,700 combined nationally as of 2012. 

Name

SNSPP-Pats

Legal name

SNSPP-PATS (Syndicat National des Sapeurs-Pompiers Professionnels et des Personnels Administratifs Techniques et Spécialisés des SDIS de France)

Website

https://snspp-pats.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SNSPP-PATS is the French national trade union representing professional firefighters and administrative, technical, and specialized SDIS personnel nationwide, providing representation, advocacy, legal support, training, and member communications through departmental sections.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pessac

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: SNSPP-PATS generates revenue through membership dues collected from professional firefighters and administrative/technical personnel who join the union. Members pay contributions to support the union's activities including advocacy, legal representation, collective bargaining, and member services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SNSPP-PATS is the national trade union for professional firefighters and administrative, technical, and specialized personnel of French fire and rescue services (SDIS). The union provides collective representation, advocacy on working conditions, occupational health and safety, salary, staffing, equipment, and career development. It also delivers membership services including online enrollment, a member portal, a biweekly newsletter, a quarterly magazine, union training, and legal monitoring services.

Product overview

SNSPP-PATS operates as a national trade union for professional firefighters and administrative/technical/specialized personnel within France's fire and rescue services (SDIS). Rather than offering a technology product suite, the organization provides a portfolio of membership and information services including online membership enrollment, a member portal (Espace Adhérents), a bimonthly newsletter (Info SNSPP-PATS), the quarterly official magazine (Pleins Feux), union training programs (Formation Syndicale), and legal monitoring services (Veille Juridique). The organization also maintains a comprehensive news section with departmental, national, and international fire service news.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adhésion en ligne (Online Membership)
• Espace Adhérents (Member Portal)
• Newsletter SNSPP-PATS (Info)
• Pleins Feux (Magazine)
• Formation Syndicale (Union Training)
• Veille Juridique (Legal Watch)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various SDIS (Services Départementaux d'Incendie et de Secours)coreOthersSNSPP-PATS represents firefighters and SDIS staff across French departments. While not formal partnerships, the union maintains ongoing relationships with individual SDIS administrations at the departmental level, engaging on matters of working conditions, staffing, and operational policy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Alliance Police Nationale: Major French union for national police. Adjacent peer in the broader French public-security/safety union space with a similar organizing, advocacy, and media-engagement model applied to a different uniformed service.
• Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC): French Christian-inspired trade union confederation referenced in SNSPP-PATS's affiliation context. Comparable as a confederation-level labor organization with broad public- and private-sector membership.

Direct peers

• CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail): Major French trade union confederation active across public-sector workforces including SDIS and fire services. Directly competes with SNSPP-PATS for representation of professional firefighters in professional elections.
• CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail): Leading French union confederation with public-sector presence including fire services. Competes with SNSPP-PATS for SDIS membership and represents similar white-collar and blue-collar public employees.
• FO (Force Ouvrière): Major French trade union confederation referenced in SNSPP-PATS-FO departmental sections. Competes for SDIS firefighter representation and collaborates with SNSPP-PATS in some geographies.
• FA-FPT (Fédération Autonome de la Fonction Publique Territoriale): French federation representing territorial public-service employees including local authority and SDIS-affiliated workers. Direct competitor for SDIS union representation with a comparable advocacy-driven model.
• UNSA (Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes): French autonomous union federation active in public administration and security services. Competes with SNSPP-PATS in representing SDIS administrative and technical staff.
• Syndicat des Officiers et Cadres de Sapeurs-Pompiers (SOCSAP / SDIS-Cadres): French union focused specifically on officers and senior cadres within fire services. Directly competes with SNSPP-PATS for representation of higher-ranked SDIS personnel.

Emerging players

• CFE-CGC (Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres): French union focused on managerial and technical cadres, with reach into public-sector specialized personnel. Adjacent competitor for SNSPP-PATS's administrative, technical, and specialized (PATS) SDIS members.
• Syndicat National des Cadres Territoriaux (SNACT): French union representing territorial public-sector cadres, including some categories overlapping with SDIS administrative and specialized personnel. Comparable membership-driven, advocacy-oriented business model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxhiLxJZFDlP42O78Hv1aVA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snspp-pats

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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