The destructive nature of natural disasters, the devastation and destruction they bring, and the process of removing and mitigating their effects have taken on particular significance during recent events in our country. As a result of the latest flood that swept through Poland, road communication routes, bridge crossings, flood embankments, homes, and public utility facilities were destroyed, among other things, and vast areas of farmland and urbanized areas were flooded. Towns and villages were cut off from the world, and often the only way to reach flood victims was by watercraft, the availability of which in the country is far from sufficient in the face of such natural disasters.The tasks of logistical support for operations related to providing assistance to victims of natural disasters, as well as eliminating their effects and preventing the spread of the phenomenon, rest with both civilian and military services. The possibility of using subunits of the Polish Armed Forces in non-military crisis situations, when the use of other forces and resources is impossible or may prove insufficient, is regulated by relevant provisions and ordinances, according to which the voivode of a province affected by a state of natural disaster submits a request to the Minister of National Defense through the Provincial (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 4/2010