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Intervention Team Rescue of River Protection Civil Valstagna

River Rescue Team of Civil Protection of committed Valstagna in aid of flood victims in Caldogno cresol (Vicenza)

Valbrenta The alarm is stopped by a few hours, a few hours of rest for the volunteers of the Rescue Team the River Protection Civil Valstagna , Enrico Lazzarotto and asks others to make themselves available for relief to flood victims of Vicenza.

Within minutes all eight volunteers leave and give their full commitment Availability: Cesco, Marco, Manu , Alberto, Enrico L8 , Gheno , and Ivan which provides van Club rafting. Galta has not yet entered in civil protection, but in a few minutes, the secretary Davide Moro associates it with the group of volunteers.

Marco alerts the operations center in Vicenza Civil Defence and look ok for the departure and destination. In the meantime, prepare all their own protective equipment: life jacket, helmet, thermal suits, ropes launch, carabiners, etc.. At 13 comes off: destination Provincial Command Fire of Vicenza. We meet all the stock of Carpani, where you check the equipment and loading the boat. Ready to start.

Once at the command of the Fire Brigade in Vicenza, Mark, our foreman, is to receive provisions. After some time, the destination of the most critical point dell'esondazione Bacchiglione: cresol Caldogno .

Along the way we change ourselves in the van, we do not know exactly what we want and we will find be prepared: this is the first intervention by the neo team. Upon arrival at Cresol we realize now that the situation is difficult, Marco went to the coordination and soon comes up with Joseph, one of the coordinators, who explains that we will return to the team of Civil Protection of Schio. In fact we just Augustus, who for years has come at the National Center for Ivan Rafting and Canoeing Team, practicing to become a rescuer river. As soon as we can see, comes to us with a smile of satisfaction, he is there in the early hours of the disaster. We pass the baton and, with Joseph, who knows the country, we organize ourselves to reach the isolated houses in order to bring help, as well water and milk. We are ready to go rafting in an inflatable boat, but we are told by Augustus who prefer the mechanical shovel quarry scrap because there are too many and the current is too strong. In the meantime, we reach the diggers Beppe , there's also the water and milk, all load on the blade and bring with us a civilian who has the need to return home from father to lend him support.

addition to the delivery of water and milk in every family, we have the task of collecting requests for basic necessities: medicine, phone cards and all that may be required in an emergency situation. Marco is still in command with the radio, a radio Alberto and Enrico to keep in touch with Mark. We go up on the shovel and you're off. Once lit the torch, after just a few meters, we realize the seriousness of the damage dell'esondazione. Along the way, maneuver after maneuver Beppe an expert diggers, we move cautiously there where the water is not too fast, with the guidance of Joseph to reach the streets and houses still inhabited. It's dark, and even with the torches, you do not see enough, the water is dark and muddy. We express our presence with the whistles that came immediately and face the windows adults and children: to care for a family of four first, let 2 gallons of milk and water bottles, Joseph noted their needs, la via ed il luogo della consegna che avverrà l'indomani mattina.

Si prosegue così dalle 18 alle 21. Lo scenario è disastroso: auto capovolte, case in centro abitato investite con violenza dall’acqua, come se fossimo al campo slalom di canoa a Valstagna. Dalle finestre si intravedono auto che, trascinate dall'impeto della corrente, hanno sfondato i muri delle case e sono entrate all’interno. Giuseppe ci spiega che sono bastati solo 12 minuti per trasformare il paese in un inferno: l'acqua ha allagato immediatamente case e negozi, la corrente ha spazzato via tutto. Il Bacchiglione ha rotto un argine a monte di Cresole, creando un invaso di qualche chilometro che, essendo ad una quota superiore di 5 metri rispetto al paese, it suddenly flooded. The water has joined the small canal that runs alongside the village and caused all this disaster, three rivers were formed in three different ways in which the water flowed more impetuous. At first, the current was so strong, Beppe tells us that the shovel, though huge, was raised by the violence of the water. During the first intervention, rescuers have evacuated most of its inhabitants, but many were unwilling to leave their homes.

At the conclusion of the patrol, and Giuseppe Beppe look at each other and say, agrees: "There are a lot of damage, but in the end it went well ... there were no deaths and serious injuries."

This ratio tonight, drawn by Ivan Pontarollo. The critical and emergency situation are well documented by Photo that while Ivan has taken, from the cab, picked up indications of Joseph and Beppe and informed men of his team, using the language of the River Rescue 3 ( International river rescue protocol).

River Rescue Team of the Civil Protection of Valstagna is back at work by 6:30 this morning, again in cresol, for relief to people in need and delivery of food and beni di prima necessità richiesti dagli abitanti.

Una richiesta che è anche un appello: servono soprattutto pompe per togliere l’acqua dalle case, dai garage e dalle cantine per i prossimi giorni.