In the Śląski Party, 2 military task forces are active in demolition of destroyed buildings. The city suffered a large deal during last year's flood – over 20 residential and economical buildings request to be demolished. Soldiers from the Task Force of Engineering Operations Feniks assist in removing ruined structures.
On the site of the Silesian PartyThere are 2 military demolition teams working on the building. In fresh days, the works were held on the streets of Kościuszko and Dolna. 25 soldiers from the 1st Engineering Battalion of the 1st Brest Bombers Regiment removed structures destroyed by water buildings. They brought in military equipment: a caterpillar excavator, 3 bulldozer-loader, 3 excavator-loader and 4 tippers of average burden capacity. – This is adequate to carry out the task – provides spit. Jakub Tokarczyk, commander of building demolition team. On 21 buildings selected for demolition, the soldiers are to remove seven.
When the building can't be saved
Bombers emphasize that demolition work is not an easy task. Equipment operators must take peculiar care and pay attention, inter alia, to the fact that falling walls do not harm buildings or equipment nearby. Demolitions frequently take place in the vicinity of another homes, so operators and drivers have small area to manoeuvre vehicles. Additionally, soldiers must not let debris to enter the river’s trough during demolitions.
Specialists from the 1st Bomb Squad They're working until the area is perfectly arranged. erstwhile they're done, there's no trace of the building being demolished. The rubble is immediately shipped to the designated landfill and the area is levelled and prepared for further use. “After completion of the works in Stroni Śląski, we are waiting for further demolitions of buildings, including in Radochów and Trzebieszowice.” Tokarczyk.
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Roads, bridges, kindergarten
The army has been with us from the beginning. First, the soldiers helped us to strengthen the shafts before the large water came. After the flood, they keep helping us to remove the effects of the disaster. Now they support us in demolishing buildings that have been damaged by water and are not suitable for reconstruction, says Dariusz Chromiec, Mayor of the Śląski Site. He adds that military engineering specialists proceed to carry out tasks in the city related to roadblocking. And inactive in January they are to start in the Silesian Site construction of a temporary bridge In place of the 1 who destroyed the flood. In addition, work is coming to an end on the container complex, which will include kindergarten and nursery. This will be a modular plan akin to the 1 set in Iron. The facility is scheduled for usage on the first days of February. There are 175 children between the ages of 3 and six.
At the station until spring
– My subordinates were first active in countering floods. Now in removing its effects. They've been working continuously since mid-September last year. At the time, just after returning from the polygon training, we created the first engineering task forces, and later we joined the Task Force of the Engineering Army," recalls the commander of the 1st Engineering Battalion from the Brest Regiment. Bombers work not only in demolition teams, but besides in road groups that repair damaged surfaces or build temporary roads so residents can move. In full there are presently 35 soldiers of the 1st Engineering Battalion from the Bank – mainly engineering equipment operators and military logistics.
"The task force of the Engineering Army under Operation Feniks has been extended until the end of April and until then, I believe, we will not miss the work," concludes the commander of the Engineering Battalion.
Operation Feniks, i.e. cleaning up the area by the military, securing destroyed areas and helping local self-governments affected by the floods, has been going on since September last year.
