2023-06-13 13:26:56
Die State fire brigade associations Salzburg, Upper Austria and Styria are helping the Ukrainian emergency services following the devastating destruction of the Kachowka dam. Large parts of the region have been flooded. Numerous special devices are required for the work on site, which are supplied as part of aid deliveries.
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The Red Cross is caring for people in Ukraine who are affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the resulting floods. ▲
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The Red Cross is caring for people in Ukraine who are affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the resulting floods. ▲
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The Red Cross is caring for people in Ukraine who are affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the resulting floods. ▲
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The Red Cross is caring for people in Ukraine who are affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the resulting floods. ▲
24,000 sandbags, two high-water roll containers, each with three submersible mud pumps, come from Salzburg. These pumps each have an output of 3,000 liters per minute, as Michael Leprich, branch manager of the state fire brigade command, explained on Tuesday in the SALZBURG24 interview. A waste water pump with a capacity of 2,500 liters per minute was also supplied. The delivery also includes 63 hoses, two motor-driven drainage pumps and a transport box with six smaller submersible pumps. “These can be used in houses, for example,” explains Leprich. Floriani from Salzburg are not traveling to the Ukraine. The devices might also be used by the emergency services on site without any problems, as they would correspond to the EU standard.
Devices from the warehouse of the Salzburg State Fire Brigade Command
The equipment comes from the central warehouse of the state fire brigade command. The stock of equipment – both in the warehouse and at the individual Salzburg fire brigades – is still large enough if we need it in the meantime, Leprich reassured. It is uncertain when pumps and the like will come back. “In such cases, the only question for us is how quickly we can help and not how long it will take. With these dimensions, we even expect that it will take months or that we won’t get the devices back at all.” The EU might have bought pumps, but the delivery would probably take too long.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 79 partly electric, partly motor-driven submersible or dirty water pumps, 144 pressure hoses and 36 IBC containers (each 1,000 liters) were provided from Austria with the support of the state fire brigade associations and the Vienna professional rescue service. There are also seven inflatable boats with outboard motors, an aluminum lifeboat with jet propulsion, two mobile “megasecur” flood barriers and 24,000 sandbags.
Ukraine accepts relief supplies following dam destruction
The aid supplies offered via the EU civil protection mechanism have already been accepted by Ukraine, the interior ministry said. According to current planning, the transport to the Ukraine is to take place gradually from Wednesday.
Red Cross warns of water pollution
The Austrian Red Cross is also on site and is asking for support. The Kachowka reservoir “supplies important industrial cities such as Kryvyi Rih, Marhanets, Nikopol and Pokrov, where almost 700,000 people live, with water, including drinking water,” says Red Cross operations manager Jürgen Högl, describing the situation on site. “Even if the water level returns to normal, we must expect very high levels of water pollution and potential health hazards.” Therefore, the Red Cross will contribute with its “expertise in water treatment,” announced Högl.
The first deliveries of drinking water arrive
The Austrian NGO Hilfswerk International estimates the number of people who would not have access to clean drinking water due to the large-scale flooding to be between 100,000 and 200,000 people. The first deliveries of drinking water have now reached the Rayon Nikopol. “The first drinking water trucks, each with 25,000 liters, have arrived. Another 150,000 liters of drinking water will be made available every day from now on, as long as it is necessary. With this we can supply at least 10,000 people in Nikopol with vital drinking water”, reported Oleksii Zaitsev, Head of the aid organization International Ukraine.
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