Minister Krstičević visits Firefighter Squadron
The Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Damir Krstičević and the Commander of the General Staff’s Command and Operations Centre, Brigadier General Krešo Tuškan on 21 August 2017 visited the firesites and met with the members of the Firefighter Squadron based in the 93rd Air Base at Zemunik to extend the appreciation for their efforts in person.
“Croatia is grateful to you, you are our peacetime heroes“ the Minister told the pilots and technicians. In this hardest firefighter season you have done quite a miracle and helped prevent the fires from leaving deleterious effects“. The Minister also discussed with the Squadron members the problems they encountered and pledged to resolve them to the extent possible.
Following the meeting with the Minister the pilots and technicians resumed preparing for the new assignments.