CAF aid with flood relief in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Army  has dispatched 98 members of the 1st  Mechanised Battalion (“Sokolovi”) of the Mechanised Guard Brigade, equipped with 11 motor vehicles and one ambulance vehicle to Županja; they are supported by 50 members of the Air Defence Battalion, with four motor vehicles at their disposal; 20 members of the Engineer Battalion, equipped with 2 field motor vehicles, are moving to the Bosut Barracks in Vinkovci.
– 51 members of the Air Defence Battalion, equipped with six motor vehicles and one ambulance car  – succeded 86 members of the 1st Mechanised Battalion (“Sokolovi”) at Drenovci;
– 47 members of the Training and Doctrine Command, with three amphibious vehicles, three boats, four terrain vehicles and a van – assigned with cattle recovery in the severely hit areas of Gunja and Račinovci
– 35 members of the Engineer  Battalion, equipped with the Engineer  machines, six motor vehicles and three boats – aiding the relief efforts in Vrbanja.
 – 100 members of the “Gromovi” Battalion – at Posavski Podgajci – filling the sandbags and repairing the embankment;
 – 85 members of the „Tigrovi“ and „Gromovi“ Battalions, equipped with five motor vehicles and one ambulance vehicle – at Soljani; 10 soldiers patrolled along the embankment during the night.

Five members of the Engineer Battalion were dispatched to the village of Babina Greda, equipped with a low loader trailer and tipper lorries, loading and delivering the rubble (some 280 m3 ) to the access road to the embankments. 

The Support Command of the Croatian Armed Forces dispatched its 36 members, equipped with 12 motor vehicles (two water tanks and two ambulance vehicles) and three mobile kitchens to Otok, Cerna and Gradište.

Two water tanks were used to supply drinking water to Okučani yesterday, providing a total of 7000 l of water, and in the „Bosut“ Barracks in Vinkovci 3500 l of water respectively, the latter delivery was in support to the mobile kitchens in the nearby villages of Cerna, Otok and Gradište, which prepared 400. 600 and 600 meals respectively .
The Support Command manages the medical support through its Medical Health Centre, which dispatched two medical and one epidemiological team to the hall in Cerna and the “Bosut” Barracks in Vinkovci.

One low  loader trailer yesterday began transporting pontoon bridge elements from the „Kamensko“ Barracks in Karlovac to Cerna in the Vinkovci area.

Likewise, during yesterday two motor vehicles (a 10-ton vehicle and a 5-ton vehicle) delivered hospital beds and mattrasses from Zagreb o Nuštar, and one 5-motor vehicle delivered baby food and hygiene products from Zagreb to Požega respectively.

Croatian Air Force and Air Defence has assigned helicopters and crews to the flood relief efforts in Croatiay and the neighbouring flood-stricken country – Bosnia and Herzegovina .

A Mi-8 MTV of the Transport Helicopters Squadron of the 93rd Air Force and Air Defence Base continues assisting in Slavonia, where it transported 25 soldiers and other relief personnel between Osijek and Županja yesterday, 21 May; its overall outcome totals 93 recovered individuals in 13 flying hours,  flying from the base in Vinkovci.

Two Mi-8 MTV helicopters (also of the Transport Helicopter Squadron) have been flying relief tasks in Bosnia and Herzegovina (in the Orašje area), recovering 11 local residents and 34 tons, and continue helping with the rehabilitation of the embanments. Over the past six  days they have performed 169 flights, and transported 261 individuals and 90 tons of different materiel, taking off from the Rajlovac airport near Sarajevo.
The Croatian helicopters remain engaged in assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina to 23rd May, as decided by the Croatian Government at the session of 19th May, with the consent of the President of the Republic of Croatia.