Actually France was one of the first countries to offer help, alongside (as stated by McCormack:)
... Germany, Australia, Canada, China, the UAE, UK, Japan, NATO, Russia ... even Venezuela!
The European Union has also made a joint offer for help (on top of individual member states offering help).
This just in ... The European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said a few hours back: "Whatever the United States asks for they will be given."