Armed Forces Get SOS

[leo12345]

PM demands 10 provinces to submit comprehensive flood measures by 6 pm

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Sunday demanded the governors of ten provinces currently under severe flooding situation to come up with comprehensive measures for dealing with the situation by 6 pm.

The prime minister took charge of a meeting at the National Flood Relief Centre at the Don Mueang Airport.

The prime minister ordered the provincial administrations of Uthai Thani, Chainat, Lop Buri, Singburi, Angthong, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Chachoengsao, Pathum Thani, and Nonthaburi to appoint a person to be in charge of flood relief measures and the per cent must coordinate all the measures and operations.

The provincial administrations must come up with a plan by 6 pm whether the provinces need to evacuate people from flooded areas or to prevent flooding of certain zones, she said.

The centre will consider the plans of the provinces during its 6 pm meeting.

She has SPOKEN!

Exactly, A puppet can only do what it's told. But when the puppet master does not care or control then the puppet can only talk s*&t. This is not a BUSINESS LOVE, THIS IS A COUNTRY

Edited October 9, 2011 by metisdead
Repaired the reply, when replying to a post, do not make your reply inside the [quote] tags.

[geriatrickid]

The Flood-Relief Operations Command (FROC) yesterday issued its first order to the military and police commanders in flood-ravaged provinces to urgently mobilise personnel and resources and evacuate people, protect their belongings and provide medical treatment until the floods subside.

Why wasn't this done weeks ago?

The military medical teams were deployed at the start of the crisis. The problem that the military has is that its equipment is intended for combat not rescue operations. Lots of tanks and APCs, but short on trucks that can navigate the muddy and flooded areas. In order to deploy personnel, they have to be transported to where they are needed. thailand doesn't have much in the way of reliable transport helicopters, nor does it have a fleet of light watercraft capable of providing the necessary support. When deploying personnel, that personnel has to be housed and fed. Maintaining supply lines, evacuating populations and setting up shelters. is an incredibly difficult task. I don't think the Thai military is capable of providing the type of response one sees in farangland.

Did you bother to read the quote I was asking about? It says "issued its first order to the military and police commanders in flood-ravaged provinces to urgently mobilise personnel and resources and evacuate people, protect their belongings and provide medical treatment until the floods subside." And are you trying to say that if they had started weeks ago, it wouldn't have helped more than starting it now?

Yes I did read the ENTIRE article. You missed the important phrase The Flood Relief Operations Command (FROC) . The Thai military had been deployed for almost a month. The initial focus was on catastrophe response evacuations and the reinforcement of flood protection.

In mid September, Unit 542 which forms the backbone of air support was deployed. Here's an example, http://www.prlog.org...n-thailand.html

In September, the army was being used to build up and maintain the flood protection. Here's an example;

http://www.thailandn...eatens-bangkok/

The SOP for flood management is that the provincial governors in conjunction with DPMD are responsible for the first response. Due to the gravity of the situation FROC has stepped in and is acting as a co-ordinating group. This group brings together all key departments; such as the Royal Irrigation Department to oversee flood management and the Internal Security Operations Command to deploy forces to aid flood victims and the the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department to provide temporary shelters, equipment, bags of essentials and blankets to the flood-devastated areas. Each of these departments has already been in action. The request comes from FROC in its capacity as co-ordinating body. In the meantime, the military has already been deployed since the initial floods started.

The kind of additional troop deployment being done now is in respect to the growing number of internal displaced people and damage sustained. Had these personnel been deployed sooner, they would have stood around doing nothing since there was no need for them at the time BECAUSE other specialized military units were ALREADY deployed. A basic infantryman is of no use when air support or engineering work is needed. The military is not a refugee assistance organization. It has neither the supplies nor the equipment to carry out that task. That is what the DPMD does.. The air support capability of Thailand is limited and it only has approx. 200 M35 trucks available for transport. 200 trucks for all of Thailand. (There are about 250 in total, but some are out of service, others are used as tankers or sole purpose units).

It is unfortunate that some people are so prejudiced and full of hate that they take a public statement out of context.It also speaks to an unabashed ignorance in respect to catastrophe response. The negative comments are made without understanding the logistics problems involved. You can't deploy large numbers of personnel unless there are supply lines and staging areas and the shifting flood damage makes that difficult. As well, roads and rail lines had to be surveyed to ensure that they could support the logistics effort. All key civilian and military personnel have been out checking the transportation infrastructure since the start of the flooding.

[h90]

Yes I did read the ENTIRE article. You missed the important phrase The Flood Relief Operations Command (FROC) . The Thai military had been deployed for almost a month. The initial focus was on catastrophe response evacuations and the reinforcement of flood protection.

In mid September, Unit 542 which forms the backbone of air support was deployed. Here's an example, http://www.prlog.org...n-thailand.html

In September, the army was being used to build up and maintain the flood protection. Here's an example;

http://www.thailandn...eatens-bangkok/

The SOP for flood management is that the provincial governors in conjunction with DPMD are responsible for the first response. Due to the gravity of the situation FROC has stepped in and is acting as a co-ordinating group. This group brings together all key departments; such as the Royal Irrigation Department to oversee flood management and the Internal Security Operations Command to deploy forces to aid flood victims and the the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department to provide temporary shelters, equipment, bags of essentials and blankets to the flood-devastated areas. Each of these departments has already been in action. The request comes from FROC in its capacity as co-ordinating body. In the meantime, the military has already been deployed since the initial floods started.

The kind of additional troop deployment being done now is in respect to the growing number of internal displaced people and damage sustained. Had these personnel been deployed sooner, they would have stood around doing nothing since there was no need for them at the time BECAUSE other specialized military units were ALREADY deployed. A basic infantryman is of no use when air support or engineering work is needed. The military is not a refugee assistance organization. It has neither the supplies nor the equipment to carry out that task. That is what the DPMD does.. The air support capability of Thailand is limited and it only has approx. 200 M35 trucks available for transport. 200 trucks for all of Thailand. (There are about 250 in total, but some are out of service, others are used as tankers or sole purpose units).

It is unfortunate that some people are so prejudiced and full of hate that they take a public statement out of context.It also speaks to an unabashed ignorance in respect to catastrophe response. The negative comments are made without understanding the logistics problems involved. You can't deploy large numbers of personnel unless there are supply lines and staging areas and the shifting flood damage makes that difficult. As well, roads and rail lines had to be surveyed to ensure that they could support the logistics effort. All key civilian and military personnel have been out checking the transportation infrastructure since the start of the flooding.

200 M35: I got rescued on an Unimog a while ago. Don't know how many the army has

[DP25]

They have more transport than just 250 m35 trucks, wikipedia for Thai army isn't accurate.

Regardless of the spin some wish to put on it politics has a big influence on any decisions that are made. The welfare of the people is secondary.