They remove damaged equipment, cuff tiles from walls and swollen plasters, rip off destroyed floors preparing the building for drying and then renovation. respective twelve soldiers from the General Command of Types of Armed Forces volunteered to assist in clearing and rebuilding the destroyed by the flood of the Children's home in Kłodzka.
Further troops and units of the Polish army are directed to aid with the removal of harm after the flood. Volunteers in uniform besides supply support to floods. Soldiers from the General Command of Types of Armed Forces in Warsaw, following reports of harm caused by flooding in the south of Poland, came up with an thought to organize a journey to those areas and aid the victims.
A group of 51 volunteers rapidly gathered, including soldiers from the Inspectorates: Land Forces, Air Force, Navy, Military Types, Training, and from the Staff and General Command Group of the RSZ. “We have received a signal that we request aid to clean up the flood-damaged Children’s home at Korczaka Street in Kłodzek,” says Colonel Marek Czachor, group manager.
On Monday, the volunteers arrived. It turned out that the facility was located in 3 buildings, 2 ground level buildings and 1 two-story. The water entered there on September 15, and up to a tallness of half a metre flooded the rooms on the ground floor. Fortunately, it was possible to evacuate the subjects who found shelter at the Children's vacation Home in Duszniki-Drój. The kitchen, boiler area and another farm rooms located in the basement were besides destroyed. It is the saddest that the building suffered during the flood in 1997, but it was renovated after it, and by the end of last year the general renovation of children's rooms was completed. – Much of the first rescue work was done by troops from another units. They removed the backwater and the most damaged elements of the equipment," said Colonel Czachor. His group focused on continuing the order work.
“We lift and throw distant another things, we cuff tiles from the walls, we remove swollen plasters, we teardrop the destroyed floors off floors, prepare the home for drying and then repair,” the officer says. Work, he says, is here for a fewer months. You gotta clean everything up, dry the water-soaked brick walls and foundations, and then start plastering, tileling, flooring, painting.
On Wednesday, 9 soldiers from this group, at the request of the manager of the facility, went to a foster household in Ołdrzychowice Kłodzki to support her in her order work and cleaning her home after the flood. The others work in a facility in Kłodzek. – We have hammers, hammers and we operate – provided Colonel Czachor. He adds that engineering troops can number on equipment. “In addition, erstwhile it comes to cooperation between types of troops, fire police and residents, everything works here without charge,” the officer emphasizes.
The group from Warsaw remains in Kłodzek until Friday, then their work is to be continued by another team, but it is not yet known whether from the army or from another uniformed services.
