In brief
The PCPM programme, supported by Taiwan ICDF, trained rescuers and medics in first aid and mass-casualty response and purchased equipment for 10 units.
Nearly 300 firefighters, rescuers and medics from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service completed training in first aid and mass-casualty response with Polish and Ukrainian instructors, organisers told Novynarnia in a report published on October 12.
The Polish Center for International Aid, known as PCPM, organised the programme with support from Taiwan ICDF. Its practical phase began in May and lasted 13 weeks, involving 25 trainers. Each five-day course included practical scenarios and ended with an examination and a certificate.
Participants came from units in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Mykolaiv regions. Training took place in safer parts of central Ukraine so responders working amid air alerts and Russian attacks could attend without lengthy absences from their units.
Organisers also purchased medical simulators and mannequins for the service’s training centre and equipment kits for 10 participating units. The kits included inflatable tents, generators, lighting and rescue supplies. The tents can support medical triage or serve as warming stations; the cited Novynarnia report did not specify whether all kits had been delivered or describe those facilities as already deployed.