Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that soldiers from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey and the United States would besides join the flood relief efforts. This information was given after a gathering in Tarnów with local authorities from the Tarnów region. He had previously visited students in Gdowa of 1 of the flood-stricken schools.
The head of the Defence Ministry during the briefing in Tarnów summed up fresh actions related to the removal of flood effects and the prevention of flood risk. He stressed that about 24,000 soldiers were assigned to these tasks, and 17,000 of them are straight involved, among others, in the reconstruction and strengthening of the shafts, cleaning up areas affected by flooding, railing and disinfection of buildings, and helping farmers. He especially thanked the soldiers in the chemical army. – Leads the mission of disinfection, bringing the premises to a state of use. They disinfected hundreds of thousands of cubic metres," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, and added that 18 specialised teams were selected for disinfection activities.
– All these actions will be until it can be said that life has returned to normality – the Minister of National Defence announced. He besides mentioned that the last weekend was the intensive work of crisis staff in Podkarpacie. “I have been in contact with you all along, the Podkarpackie voivodship, which has called in the last days staffs due to the hazard of flooding in the Podkarpackie region. The meetings were attended by the commanders of the territorial defence brigades located in Podkarpacie, and yesterday the general commander of the types of armed forces Gen. Marek Sokołowski took part, informed the head of the MON.
Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz besides announced that Poland will receive aid from another countries in the wake of the flood. We'll besides have backup to make it before winter. From 1 to 4 October, representatives of our allies and partners in the European Union, France, large Britain, Germany and Turkey, will besides come on an expedition mission. First of all, they focus on reconnaissance regarding support for engineering troops – the Deputy Prime Minister announced. He besides added that while we ourselves have the ability and the ability to do so, aid is needed, due to the fact that thanks to it many things can be done as shortly as possible. In addition, the head of the MON admitted that it is hard not to accept the offer of support from Turkey, which wants to return the favour for Polish soldiers put a field infirmary thereWhen the country experienced the earthquake and its disastrous effects.
Prior to the gathering with local authorities from the Tarnów region, the head of MON met with students from the flood-stricken school in Nowegoszczy in the municipality of Lewin Brzeski, who at the invitation of the municipality of Gdów are staying at a green school in Małopolska. Their facility is now being rebuilt by soldiers. – We want the children to return to their school as shortly as possible. But as long as it takes, local authorities besides declare support," stressed the Deputy Prime Minister.
