Evacuation, transportation, response to shelling, first aid for victims — the work of the emergency response team in the Kherson region in 2024

In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response team evacuated and transported 1,158 people throughout the past year. In 2024, volunteers evacuated 204 people to safer areas and transported another 954 individuals to medical facilities or from hospitals to their homes.

The emergency response team carried out 53 visits to mitigate the consequences of shelling in Kherson and other de-occupied communities. Additionally, during evacuations, they spent over 1,500 hours on duty at the railway and bus stations.

Over the past year, the emergency response team volunteers in the Kherson region provided psychological first aid to 9,346 people, administered first aid to 368 injured individuals, conducted 29 first aid training sessions for the public, and delivered 28 training sessions to improve first aid skills of emergency response team volunteers.