Highest readiness in terms of forces and means to respond to storms

Faced with the complicated developments of Storm No. 13 - Kalmaegi, the province's armed forces have activated the highest level of natural disaster prevention and search and rescue work in the province, with a spirit of urgency and to avoid being passive or surprised.

The Provincial Military Command strictly maintains on-duty and command duty, closely monitors the storm's developments to carry out combat readiness and disaster prevention - search and rescue tasks; directs the maintenance of 100% of military personnel of agencies and units to avoid being passive and surprised.

Leaders of Military Region 5 and units and localities inspected storm prevention at Tien Chau fishing port, Tuy An Dong commune.

Colonel Tran Quang Tam, Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Command, said that the unit has coordinated with the Provincial Police and 16 units of the Ministry of National Defense and Military Region 5 stationed in the area to carry out the task of responding to natural disasters and searching and rescuing.

Currently, the total force ready to mobilize and coordinate to handle situations is nearly 15,000 officers and soldiers with full means and equipment for mobile rescue missions and handling emergency situations in the area.

Officers and soldiers of Regiment 888 are ready to carry out missions when required.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial Military Party Committee met and assigned tasks to each comrade in the Standing Committee to monitor and direct the directions at risk of being affected.

Colonel Le Van Hung, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Provincial Military Command, inspected and grasped the situation at the Defense Command of Region 1 - Song Cau.

Colonel Tran Quang Tam, Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Command in charge of the area of ​​the Defense Command of Region 6 - Tuy Hoa.

Lieutenant Colonel Truong Minh Hong, Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command, is in charge of party and political work in the two above-mentioned areas.

Tuy Hoa Border Guard Station supports fishermen in pulling boats and anchoring them safely before storm No. 13. Photo: Ngu To

Field response missions and protection of people's lives and property are being deployed with synchronous solutions by the armed forces.

The province currently has 2,691 fishing vessels with 10,994 workers operating. As of noon on November 5, there were 121 fishing vessels with 662 workers operating at sea. The Provincial Military Command continues to direct the Provincial Border Guard Command to coordinate with agencies and units to notify, call, and guide vehicle owners and captains to know the direction of the storm so that they can proactively prevent and escape from the danger zone.

Along with that, currently, border guards continue to check 7 anchorage areas in the area to best ensure shelter for vessels and vessels.

An Hai Border Guard Station sent forces to help people prevent storm No. 13. Photo: Van Hinh

Colonel Nguyen Van Linh, Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command, said that in the face of the complicated developments of storm No. 13, officers and soldiers of the unit urgently implemented response measures across the entire route.

Specifically, the Border Guard deployed forces and vehicles to key areas, especially coastal border communes and wards; reviewed and grasped vulnerable areas at risk of high tides, flooding, flash floods, landslides, and tornadoes. The unit deployed 2 working groups; mobilized 100 officers and soldiers to be ready to perform tasks on the sea and land border when situations arose; and propagated to people to strictly follow the sea ban order of the Provincial People's Committee.

At the same time, direct Xuan Dai Border Guard Station and Squadron 2 to fire storm warning flares to inform ships still at sea of ​​the danger level, request proactive movement to avoid and urgently find a safe anchorage.

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/thoi-su/202511/san-sang-cao-nhat-ve-luc-luong-va-phuong-tien-ung-pho-bao-b8f19bb/