Pontieri in action on the PO

(To Army Majority State)
25/10/19

A complex joint operation took place in recent days between personnel of the 2nd Genio Pontieri Regiment and the Piacenza Fire Brigade for the recovery of a large tank of an old articulated lorry, carried by the strong currents of the flood wave of the Po river, caused by the heavy rains of recent days.

The sighting of the cistern in the municipality of Senna Lodigiana in the morning triggered the alarm immediately. The activity that saw the Pontieri employed with n. 4 motorboats SAI 121, a rigid-hulled boat and other special means of the Engineers in competition with the boat of the Fire Brigade ended positively: the tanker was in fact hooked by the soldiers of the Engineers who "governed" the descent, making them avoid the pylons of the road bridge in Via Emilia Nord and the A1 motorway, as well as the railway bridge, temporarily closed as a precaution by the Prefecture of Piacenza.

At the end of the delicate operation, the soldiers of the 2 ° Pontieri proceeded to insure the tank at the bank of the Po, waiting to be removed by the Fire Brigade.

The swift and effective intervention of the staff of the 2 ° Pontieri has highlighted the ability of the Armed Forces to cooperate synergistically with other civil operators in the management of emergencies.