The Emergency Management Institute of Ireland (EMII) is looking to expand its membership base and would like to hear from individuals engaged in emergency and crisis management within the Republic of Ireland.
The EMII was launched on 1 January 2018 and it currently has a membership base of more than 100 people who operate in the professional, technical, voluntary or academic areas of emergency management.
The EMII Board hosts regular emergency/crisis management events, seminars and site visits countrywide, and attracts high profile presenters to speak at these events, either in person at its base at Dublin City University Business School, or in a virtual setting.
These events are designed to develop knowledge, facilitate networking opportunities for members, and to achieve some of the key EMII objectives. The membership fee structure is designed to ensure the financial independence of the EMII, thereby enabling the Institute to host and support such events for members throughout the country.
Sean Ward, Chairperson, addresses EMII AGM 2024 at DCU’s Business School.
This year’s AGM at DCU’s Business School on 24 May was preceded by a breakfast briefing to members on the ‘National Risk Assessment 2023’ by Prof Caroline McMullan (DCU Business School), Eileen Tully (Dept of Transport) and Dr Margaret Stanley (Office of Emergency Planning). EMII Chair Sean Ward also appealed to all members to consider someone they may know who would be interested in making a presentation to the benefit of EMII members at future breakfast briefings.
Other events to have taken place this year included a site visit to the new National Train Control Centre at Heuston Station on 28 June, the Dublin Port Tunnel Live Training Exercise on 22 August, and a breakfast briefing on ‘Navigating Decision Making in a VUCA environment’ at DCU Business School on 27 September. The most recent outing was a cross-border visit on 18 October to the new Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) flagship training centre at Cookstown, which is in the final stage of construction.
