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3.2 ORGANISATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
Established in December 2022, the OIU is headed up by Several initiatives have been progressed throughout
a District Officer (Projects) and three Station Officers 2024 including the development and completion of an
who report to the Assistant Chief Fire Officer with enhanced process for capturing, mapping and presenting
responsibilities for Projects. Underpinning Dublin Fire information on DFBs Community Fire Safety engagements.
Brigades responsibilities under Section (10) (3) of the This initiative will allow the brigade to engage in targeted
Fire Services Act (ACT No.30, 1981 & 2003) and in line (data driven) Community Fire Safety campaigns whilst
with recommendations set out Fire Safety in Ireland also providing a reliable source of data that accurately
Task Force Report, the OIU has been working to develop reflects the diverse and important community-based fire
solutions to gather data to support risk categorisation prevention activities carried out by the brigade.
for the city and county; as well as the development of
methods to prioritise premises inspections to enhance The work carried out by the OIU throughout 2024 sets a
the pre-incident planning process and collect essential foundation for improved systems of data management for
risk information on buildings. DFB. This will allow for the collection and management
of reliable information (in line with data governance best
The OIU are developing digital solutions on an industry practice) to inform strategic and risk management across
leading GIS software platform which facilitates the brigade.
the collection, visualisation and analysis of key
information. Work will continue throughout 2025 on several ongoing
initiatives to support the Dublin Fire Brigade’s transition
Procurement of a full enterprise licencing agreement to a data-driven approach, enabling informed strategy and
for use across Dublin City Council was completed in decision-making for the future.
2024 and access to this licencing agreement has
enhanced the ability of the OIU to develop a variety of Work also continues on an innovative collaboration
digital data acquisition, visualisation and intelligence between DFB, DCC, DCU and an industry partner, Bentley
solutions. Procurement for support services for this Systems, to examine the use of Digital Twin technology
software has also taken place in 2024 and is now at an in the emergency response environment, with a particular
advanced stage. focus on ensuring high levels of automation and data
reuse in the creation of these plans, as well as the end-
user interface for interacting with this information.
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