The May 15, 2023 exceptional rainfall they hit Emilia Romagnabetween the provinces of Modena, Bologna, Forlì Cesena, Ravenna And Riminidamaging roads, bridges, embankments, and causing the death of 15 people.
The National Fire Brigade he worked immediately in the delicate relief efforts for the population, and in almost three months of work went further 20,000 interventionsmore than 8,000 in province of Ravennabeyond 5,300 in that of Forlì Cesena5,100 in the Bologna area and 1,315 in the Rimini area.
More than 35,000 firefighters they took turns in rescuedon the busiest days they were counted 50 daily for the coordination of interventions at the 16 advanced command posts, 330 aquatic rescuers, 80 experts in drainage operations with pumps and water pumps, 40 alpine river speleo units, 25 divers.
As for the means employed in the phases of greatest work the maximum number of 400 vehicles in every single dayincluding 35 small boats, 7 amphibians, 14 pumps and water pumps, 5 helicopters, 10 drones and 40 bulldozers and excavators.
They were carried out from May 16th to the end of the emergency over 300 recoveries by the air force of the National Corps which, operating without pauses, rescued 12 people hospitalized, 6 children, a pregnant woman, some people with heart disease and many in hypothermia.
Exactly one year after those events, the numbers, although usually cold data, truly reflect the enormous commitment made by the Fire Brigade during the greatest calamity that has ever hit the whole of Romagna, the flood of 2023.
Exactly one year after those events, this morning at 10.30 it will take place at the Alighieri Theater in Ravenna a ceremony on the anniversary of the floodduring which the honorary citizenship to Carlo Dall’Oppio head of the Fire Brigade, as a sign of gratitude and recognition for all the precious contribution. This will be followed by a concert by the national fire brigade band.
