Soldiers Thanked for Flood Assistance
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- Date: 26.06.2013
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The Head of the Government Robert Fico and the Minister of Defence Martin Glváč thanked the soldiers for help in this year’s floods and for eliminating the consequences. ‘We would like to thank all the soldiers for their professional work they carried out throughout the floods. Their engagement helped to prevent other damages from happening,̓ stated the minister. The minister went for an onsite inspection of the flood-affected areas on several occasions. ‘The soldiers responded very flexibly to the current requirements during the floods and dealt with irregular procedures which are not included in any plans,̓ emphasized the Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Peter Vojtek regarding the work the soldiers carried out.
The members of the Staff for the Operations Management of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the SR and the soldiers of the garrisons in Bratislava, Sereď, Nitra and Kuchyňa, which were the most nearby garrisons to the flood-affected areas, were among the ten participating representatives of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. During the rescue operation, the soldiers evacuated materiel, filled sandbags, boosted dams, and transported the residents, food and fuel out of the food-affected areas. Once the water went down, the soldiers helped to clean flood waste.
During the days of floods, 6 000 soldiers were mobilized and 75 pieces of equipment were used including trailer trucks, helicopters, boats, a bus, a crane and a water pump. The Prime Minister Robert Fico kindly asked all the attending participants to extend his thanks to all their colleagues involved during the floods. In his speech, the Prime Minister stressed out the importance of anti-flood protection, which in his opinion should be built on the entire territory of the Slovak Republic. Other cities and other parts of the Slovak Republic which tend to be threatened by floods should also receive similar anti-flood protection as the one built in Bratislava.
Apart from the ten representatives of the AF of the SR, who took part in the anti-flood activities, the Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, the State Secretary of the MOD of the SR Miloš Koterec and the Chief of the General Staff of the AF of the SR Lieutenant General Peter Vojtek attended the ceremonial meeting at the National Council.
The members of the Staff for the Operations Management of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the SR and the soldiers of the garrisons in Bratislava, Sereď, Nitra and Kuchyňa, which were the most nearby garrisons to the flood-affected areas, were among the ten participating representatives of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. During the rescue operation, the soldiers evacuated materiel, filled sandbags, boosted dams, and transported the residents, food and fuel out of the food-affected areas. Once the water went down, the soldiers helped to clean flood waste.
During the days of floods, 6 000 soldiers were mobilized and 75 pieces of equipment were used including trailer trucks, helicopters, boats, a bus, a crane and a water pump. The Prime Minister Robert Fico kindly asked all the attending participants to extend his thanks to all their colleagues involved during the floods. In his speech, the Prime Minister stressed out the importance of anti-flood protection, which in his opinion should be built on the entire territory of the Slovak Republic. Other cities and other parts of the Slovak Republic which tend to be threatened by floods should also receive similar anti-flood protection as the one built in Bratislava.
Apart from the ten representatives of the AF of the SR, who took part in the anti-flood activities, the Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, the State Secretary of the MOD of the SR Miloš Koterec and the Chief of the General Staff of the AF of the SR Lieutenant General Peter Vojtek attended the ceremonial meeting at the National Council.
