1975: The Head of the department of Anaesthesia Reanimation and the Head of the Principal Help Center of Nice asked to the Health Service of the Armies to dispach two voluntary doctors for an emergancy road assistance mission.
1976: A convention between the city of Nice and the Regional Academic Hospital of Nice make official and confirm this experience by creating the first mobile service of emergency help and rescusitation (SMUR). It is based at the fireman’s barracks of Nice and the doctors are from the Regional academic hospital of Nice.
On January 4, 1983, opening of the SAMU 06 in the buildings of the Saint-Roch hospital
1990: The representatives of the liberal medecine federate in an association (ASSUM 06) and the regional academic hospital of Nice signed a convention which lay down the methods of participation of the liberal doctors at the regulation of future Center 15.
1993: the interior rules are established between the Processing center of the Alarm (CTA) of the firemen (Nice) and the SAMU 06, and make official the current transfer procedures which had been in effect for a few years from the call “18” towards the CRRA 15 of the SAMU in accordance with the 18h of december 1992’s circular (about the daily management of the help).
1994: The SAMU moved into an entirely new and larger facility at the St Roch’s hospital
1995: The operator/dispatch center and regulation of calls (CRRA 15) of the Alpes Maritimes is officially in order inside its new offices and the call number “15” becomes the departemental unique call number for the medical emergency cares in all Alpes Maritimes departement.
1998: a convention about the daily management of assistance is signed between the Departemental service of fire and assistance, the regional academic hospital of Nice and the Alpes Maritimes’s prefect.
March first, 2006, arrived of the regional helicopter based at the SAMU 06.