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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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