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During 2024, operational crews continued to carry out          DFB CONTINUES TO PROVIDE
familiarisation visits to locations within their districts.    A MULTI-FACETED SERVICE
These familiarisation visits consisted of visual inspections   INCLUDING THE:
which provided operational personnel the opportunity
to familiarise themselves first hand with site specific        PREVENTION – community safety
information associated with the various premises.              advice and education

In 2024, one of the most well-known of these was a site        PROTECTION – Technical Fire Safety
visit to the new location of the National Children’s Hospital
Ireland at St James’s Hospital. Operational Crews              RESPONSE – to emergency incidents –
from both Echo and Bravo districts respectively were           Fire EMS and Ambulance
accompanied by members of DFB Senior Management
and they were introduced to the site-specific information
located on this site in Dublin 8. The site-specific
familiarisation included the helipad, water supplies, MRI
facility processes, and the radioactive hazardous regions
associated with the new National Children’s Hospital.

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