In the afternoon, units of the volunteer fire services from Stary Węgliniec, Jagodzin, Czerwona Woda, Ruszów and Węgliniec, as well as one unit from Germany (FFW Kodersdorf), arrived at the square in front of the Węgliniec Cultural Centre.
The ceremony was attended by Zgorzelec County head Urszula Ciupak, Mayor of the Węgliniec Municipality and Town Stanisław Mikołajczyk, president of the ZOSP RP in Zgorzelec Jan Kolbuch, deputy commander of the Zgorzelec County State Fire Service, Senior Captain Wojciech Cieleń, secretary of the Board of the Zgorzelec County Branch of ZOSP RP Grzegorz Fleszar, secretary of the Węgliniec Municipality and Town Marcin Papla, and councillors of the Węgliniec Town Council.
The ceremony was also attended by the county chaplain of firefighters, Rev. Mieczysław Panońko, and Rev. Przemysław Słyszko, who celebrated Mass for the intention of the firefighters.
After the church ceremony, everyone went to the Węgliniec Volunteer Fire Service station, where a commemorative plaque marking the 70th anniversary of the unit’s establishment was unveiled. The unveiling was performed by Stanisław Mikołajczyk, deputy chair of the Town Council Stanisław Papież, and president of the Węgliniec Volunteer Fire Service Łukasz Pańków. The invited priests blessed the plaque, which was funded by the Municipality and Town Office and the Town Council.
The ceremony in the square began with a report, the raising of the national flag and the singing of the national anthem. The following firefighters were honoured on the occasion of the Municipal Firefighter’s Day celebrations:
- The Gold Sign of the Association: firefighter Krzysztof Pańków
- The Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to Firefighting: firefighter Józef Mesjasz
- The Silver Medal for Meritorious Service to Firefighting: firefighter Adam Błauciak
- The Bronze Medal for Meritorious Service to Firefighting: firefighters Grzegorz Dziubak, Krzysztof Mścichowski, Robert Dziubak, Paweł Deja, Arkadiusz Junak, Łukasz Junak
- The Exemplary Firefighter Badge: Michał Fink, Tomasz Popielewicz, Miłosz Garbarczyk, Kacper Hałdaś, Krzysztof Walkowiak, Rafał Baut, Mateusz Czerwiński, Radosław Wojciechowski, Mariusz Kowalczyk, Kamil Łuczyński, Mikołaj Kutrowski
- The Gold Badge of the Youth Fire Service: Szymon Dziekoński
- The Bronze Badge of the Youth Fire Service: Adrian Wałęga, Aleksander Żabiński, Kamil Zdunek, Szymon Fras, Dominik Koss, Karol Garbarczyk, Bartek Wyszyński, Konrad Kosmalski, Kacper Górowski, Michał Medyński, Jakub Łuczyński.
Badges for years of service were also awarded.
The ceremony took place in a warm atmosphere, and its pleasant highlight was a presentation of the history of the Volunteer Fire Service in Węgliniec.
More information about the Municipal Firefighter’s Day celebrations is available on the website of the Węgliniec Municipality and Town Office here.
ceremony commander, president of the Municipal and Town Branch Board of ZOSP RP in Węgliniec Waldemar Błauciak/Węgliniec Municipality and Town Office/ii