08-11-13
This week saw some large scale exercises all related to problems with water.
http://www.112hm.nl/2013/11/04/leger-en-hulpdiensten-houden-rampenoefening-samen-sterker-in-reeuwijk/pictures on this site show al units and the men.11 airmobile brigade tested all its units together with fire department, police, red cross, medical services and local authorities.
All kinds of disasters were set up to train the men.
As allways the biggest importance was coordination and quick response.
In Reeuwijk and Bodegraven 20 NATRES bn supported units of the enigneer corps.
Here some dikes broke, areas were flooded and people were cut off on small islands.
A bus was caught in the flooding and many people found themselves in the water.
Our troops assisted with trucks, boats and medical equipment.
An Apache helo was used to scout for people in the water with its sophisticated sensors.
The same time troops together with police evacuated certain areas of the towns.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=546154942134367&set=a.435115923238270.1073741825.100002195991526&type=1&theaterpicture: small ferry of the army engineers used to evacuate people.At the town of Korendijk a small boat with 50 people collided with an oiltanker which caught fire.
Here to passengers fell into the water.
Firedepartment units quickley arrived to get the people of the boat all were evacuated to a nearby small island.
Here they found out that the islands power lines were broken by the oiltanker and the entire poulation had to be evacuated.
Unfortunately the collision took place in front of the small harbor.
Army engineers were called upon to send boats to evacuate the people.
Exercises like this were held everywhere.