Residents, representatives of schools and local government, soldiers – a full of more than 180 families from Zamość took part in the inaugural pilot program “Security unites us”, organized by the Polish Armed Forces Group Foundation together with the Centre of Veteran Activities outside the State Borders. The military explained in item how to deal with emergency situations.
First, we request to calm our parents down so they can keep the baby warm and safe. due to the fact that if the kid feels safe, the parent besides stressed on Wednesday 19 November at a gathering in Zamość Justyna Wawrzyńska-Bąk, president of the Polish Armed Forces Group Foundation. “That’s why we chose families,” she explained.
For training under the pilot programme “Safety unites us” Anyone could come, regardless of age. The kids were even waiting for coloring. erstwhile staff of educational institutions and local government representatives. However, the vast majority of participants at the 3rd Mechanized Battalion garrison club were young soldiers and their families. "The fact that the army is here with us gives us encouragement. And we besides get utilized to the military," she said in an interview with journalists Wawrzyńska-Bąk.
Attention, drones! What do I do?
The aim of the program, as noted by the president of the PZZ Foundation, is to make people feel safe in their own homes and know how to prepare for a possible threat. The thought for educational training, with soldiers and experts from the Centre for Veteran Activities outside the State Borders, was born after September incidents with drones, which shaken the sense of safety of Poles.
On the night of 9th to 10th September Polish airspace has repeatedly violated Russian drones. Polish and allied fighters were picked up. Gen. defends Maciej Klish, the operational commander of types of armed forces, late revealed in an interview with ‘Rzeczpospolita’ that any unmanned workers had explosives. Most hostile drones fell in the Lublin Voivodeship, of which a fewer in the Zamość region and the surrounding area. Therefore, 1 of the panels of the program “Safety connects us”, prepared jointly with soldiers of the Polish Army, concerns the presence of unmanned workers in the air.
Sick. Wojciech Jeremek of the 18th Motorised Brigade explained in item that in the event of a drone threat, you should immediately take shelter in rooms without windows, with at least 2 supporting walls between yourself and the outside wall. The Zamość audience unanimously as the best hiding place in the home indicated the bathroom.
We're taking out the telephone and calling for help. It may seem funny, but sometimes people in an emergency are so paralyzed that erstwhile they have a phone, they forget to usage it. That's why the next thing is to unload emotions and focus on what's going on – he stressed from the phase chor. At the same time, he pointed out an crucial issue – in case of a hypothetical threat on fresh Year's Eve, erstwhile everyone makes close wishes to the fresh Year's, there may be an overload of the telephone network, which will consequence in a deficiency of call for help. Then you gotta save yourself from old ways of signaling that you are in danger, by hanging a flag or an item of clothing outside in a well visible place. Importantly, you should besides evacuate rapidly from the hiding place, given the hazard of re-attacking.
– I came to find out what experts think should be packed in an evacuation backpack. I already know that the most crucial papers are not only the identity card, but besides the birth certificate. I besides liked that the sound of respective Shaheds coming after themselves was played. In fact, it resembles a moped – says 1 of the inhabitants of Zamość, participating in the training.
How to Don't Get Disinformation
September's drone incidents were accompanied by a coordinated disinformation action on the network, especially in social media. Therefore, another training panel afraid the designation of misinformation.
On how to defend oneself from fake news and what consequences for the household can consequence from duplication of untested information (strong stress in children and aged people), said Captain Jacek Piotrowski, spokesperson for the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade in Zamość. In order to make it easier for residents to gain knowledge, situations were discussed on circumstantial examples from the local environment, specified as false reports of plans to close the urban kindergarten. Workshop participants saw a Facebook entry generated by artificial intelligence informing against the impending evacuation of Zamość. "Tank the cars, buy the fuel" – he threatened a false post, where there was a crowd of comments from panicked people. The headlines of press reports that a Russian drone crashed in Zamość were besides cited.
The subject of safety in the network was peculiarly curious in young soldiers; they asked how to defend themselves against widespread misinformation. – First of all, do not epate with your uniform on the web – Captain Piotrowski urged the mass military to defend their privacy and avoid bragging about serving on social media. – The dignity of the uniform is the most valuable – he stressed.
The program besides included first aid lessons. Part of the medical workshop was conducted by the plut. Sławomir Drobek from the 18th Motorised Brigade. Finally, all participants received a short safety manuals with a set of recommendations and emergency contacts, and all first aid family.
The organizers have bet on smaller centres. Further meetings were planned: on 24 November in Poniatowa close Opole Lubelski, on 2 December in Wólka Gospodradowska close Kraśnik, on 4 December in Lublin and on 5 December in Kraśnik. The honorary patronage over the program was taken by the Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. As justyna Wawrzyńska-Bąk announced in Zamość, it will most likely not end with 5 meetings in Lublin Voivodeship and the program will continue. “We already know that there is simply a request for the full Poland,” said the president of the PGZ Foundation.
