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trucks and one fi re attack vehicle) into an SV RSK brigade. Forest fi res can also be
handled by including 19 workers of the Forestry Offi ce equipped among other things
with motor saws.
- A platoon for rescue from ruins with 18 members left out of 30; the remainder were
mobilized into combat units.
Th e provision of shelters for the population has been handled in a way similar to that in
Vrginmost.
Evacuation is planned for four outlying villages close to Kladuša. Th e transportation plan
and organization are good. However, the plan does not foresee the provision of quarters
in public facilities or private homes but refuge in the open on (mount) Petrova Gora.
Enterprises, organizations and services of interest for protection and rescue are
undermanned. Th us, the water supply department of the public utility company has only
one employee (!?).
3. Problems observed
- Many persons originally assigned to the civil service have been mobilized into combat
units; in some cases this involved complete units (e.g., the emergency medical aid unit
in Vrginmost and the fi re-fi ghting unit in Vojnić).
- Th e head of the civil defence staff in Vojnić was mobilized into a combat unit, and this
has had a considerable bearing on the quality of actions carried out by the service.
- A particular problem is the assignment of people under compulsory work orders (who
could be used for protection and rescue) to other local actions followed also by their
mobilization into combat units of the SV RSK.
- Other problems include: availability of fuel for regular activities; implementation of
protection and rescue actions; evacuation and distribution of humanitarian aid; lack of
veterinarian drugs; etc.
Prepared by:
Sava Milović
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