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fi ghting tank and the combi-van have no batteries and cannot therefore be used. Th e
problem becomes even more pressing because the municipality has no professional or
volunteer fi re-fi ghting units.
- Th e fi rst medical aid unit had 15 women trained for the mission, but they joined the
SVK.
- Th e unit for rescue from ruins has 9 members; however, their engagement is questionable
because they are under compulsory work orders and are responsible for the protection of
buildings and facilities. Th e problem of their engagement is made more diffi cult because
they are also incorporated into operational SV RSK units.
In keeping with the mission statement of the Civil Defence HQ of the Republic, shelter
facilities were inspected and their selection reviewed.
Th ere are no built shelters, and the most suitable cellars and similar facilities in the local
communities have been selected for providing shelter for 8,341 persons. Th e population
has been informed about the locations of such facilities, and the civil defence wardens
have the lists of persons to be taken care of in them.
Evacuation has been planned from 11 outlying local communities along the boundary
with the Cazin area. Th e plan covers 1,213 persons who will be housed in 10 loyal
communities. It has been worked out in great detail, including the specifi c persons to
be transported by specifi c vehicles. Th e planned evacuation will require the provision of
fuel - 1,670 litres of d2 diesel and 150 litres of 98 petrol.
In the territory of the municipality there are at present 2,751 refugees housed in private
homes. Most of them have been taken in by relatives.
Food relief for the refugees and for about 5,000 socially handicapped persons, including
the families of soldiers killed or wounded in action, is provided by the municipal branch
of the Red Cross, which has established good cooperation with the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees.
A particular problem in the distribution of humanitarian aid is the availability of the
required quantities of fuel.
2. Situation in the Vojnić Civil Defence Staff
Th e situation was established during the briefi ng with the head of the Defence Dept.,
who is also responsible for civil defence because the head of the civil defence staff has
been mobilized into a combat unit. Dušanka Ivančević, head of the District Civil Defence
Staff , was also present during the briefi ng.
Th e municipality of Vojnić has 9,500 inhabitants in 61 settlements, organized territorially
in 14 local communities.
Th e municipal civil defence staff includes 6 members, 3 on a permanent basis.
Th ere are 90 civil defence wardens in the local communities. Th ey are coping well with
their mission, but most of them are also responsible for other local activities.
Th e following civil defence units have been organized so far:
- One veterinarian platoon with a sanitation squad comprising 15 persons (there is also
a veterinarian station with a staff of 4, 3 of whom are qualifi ed).
- One fi re-fi ghting platoon, mobilized together with the available equipment (two tank
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