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EVENTS

Dublin Fire Brigade Fire Prevention & Community In 2024, we were integrally involved and provided advice
Fire Safety Section have a role in the licencing for a large number of Events across the Dublin region.
of Outdoor Public Events, where more than 5,000 This involves reviewing the Event Management plan,
people will be in attendance, and work closely with engagement with stakeholders, to ensure an adequate
the Planning Department of DCC and the other fire safety standard is included in the Event management
Local Authorities to provide fire safety advice and plan and that it will be implemented , the event will
comment on these applications. managed by the Event Controller.

This area has grown over the last few years and had Additionally advice is provided to unlicensed events in
recovered very fast post pandemic with numbers the four Local Authorities. In Dublin City Council, there
of events now matching if not greater than pre were 82 events in their parks and along with these we
pandemic numbers. offered advice to 138 community events across the four
Local Authorities.

LICENCED EVENTS LICENCED EVENTS
>5000 PERSONS <5000 PERSONS

Total Total

103 138

DCC DLRCC FCC SDCC DCC DLRCC FCC SDCC
73 19 1 10 82 22 10 24

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