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DRONES PHOTOGRAPHY

Dublin Fire Brigade continue to use drones as part of Dublin Fire brigade continued to provide a photography
their emergency response and operational capabilities. service throughout 2024, and attended operational
The use of drones allows us to assist Incident incidents, charity fundraisers, retirements, and public
Commanders at scene and provide real time aerial events. The photos are used for training purposes,
footage of the scene with the capabilities of using a public information messages and social media.
thermal imaging camera. The communications team
continued to liaise with our Operational Intelligence
Unit in the operating of drones. Three personnel from
our team currently hold their drone operator’s license.

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY 102k Twitter followers

PREVENT: Fire and incident 4.3k Instagram Threads followers
prevention advice and public service
58K Facebook followers
announcements.
23.5K Instagram followers
INFORM: Alerting the public to incidents
in the city that may affect or have 1K Bluesky followers
affected them.

PROMOTE: Highlighting the work of
DFB’s people not only at emergency
incidents but community and charity

events.

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