Civil Defence – COVID-19 Activities, July 2021

19 August 2021

From 1^st July to 31^st July 2021 Civil Defence completed 324 COVID-19 related taskings while providing sustained support to communities throughout the country. Support was also provided to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

During the month of July 2021:

• A daily average of 21 Civil Defence volunteers provided a daily average of 116 volunteer hours.
• A total of 3,587 volunteer hours were provided over the 31 day period.
• A total of 324 individual taskings were undertaken in support to the Principal Response Agencies and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.
• These volunteers were supported by a fleet of Civil Defence Vehicles including 50 four-wheel drive jeeps, 25 ambulances, 10 minibuses and 9 vans.

 

Civil Defence Taskings

Examples of the types of tasks undertaken by Civil Defence volunteers include;

• • Providing administrative and first aid assistance at HSE Vaccination Centres,
  • providing administrative assistance to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service,
  • transporting persons to and from hospital appointments,
  • transporting persons to and from testing centres,
  • sorting and delivering COVID-19 test kits to test centres,
  • collecting and delivering library books to vulnerable households,
  • transporting elderly persons to and from Health Centres and Mass Vaccination Centres for vaccinations,i
  • collecting foodstuffs from suppliers and bakers for food hub,
  • delivering food parcels to vulnerable households,
  • providing assistance to vulnerable persons within communities by delivering food, medications and collecting their pensions

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