Dublin Port Tunnel Live Exercise 2024 – EMII Study Tour

Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/08/2024 - 23/08/2024
9:00 pm - 12:30 am

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• Study Tour

Opportunity to participate and observe – Dublin Port Tunnel live exercise

Date: 22 Aug 2024
Time (start): 21:00 (22 Aug)
Time (finish): 00:30 (23 Aug)

Egis Road and Tunnel Operations (ERTO) are the operators of Dublin Tunnel on behalf of TII. ERTO will facilitate a live exercise to practice implementation of Dublin Tunnel emergency plans and procedures and inter-agency coordination with the principal Emergency Services. The exercise will be hosted in the Motorway Operations Control Centre (MOCC) in the Tunnel Control Building (TCB), and in the Tunnel, on the night of the 22nd of August 2024.

The EMII have been invited to attend the exercise and to

A) Participate in the early stages of the exercise by acting as tunnel users when the emergency incident occurs. This will involve

• Being in your (stationary) vehicle within the tunnel when the exercise commences;
• Following instructions received from ERTO over the tunnel PA system and instructions issued through the ‘radio break-in’ while in personal vehicles;
• Evacuating the affected tunnel bore to the unaffected bore;
• Following instructions of the emergency services and ERTO personnel when they arrive at the incident scene.

B) On completion of the early phase of the exercise members will then become exercise observers and will have the opportunity to observe the emergency services and ERTO response to the incident within the tunnel.

C) Members will also have the opportunity to see the Motorway Operations Control Centre (MOCC) in the Tunnel Control Building during the exercise briefing at 21:00, prior to moving into the tunnel for the exercise.

 

It should be noted that the primary aim of the exercise is to practice ERTO duty officers implementing the tunnel emergency plan and inter-agency coordination within the MOCC. The activities within the tunnel will largely be designed to meet secondary exercise objectives which are specific to the PES involved. ERTO will also be taking the opportunity to test safety equipment within the tunnel, such as the extractor fans, the PA system, the radio break-in etc. Members wishing to participate must register for this event by Monday 19th August 2024 at 10am. Any member who can travel in their own car is asked to do so – car registration details will be recorded on the evening of the exercise prior to deployment into the tunnel before the exercise commences.

 

Attendance at the event is free for EMII Members, but booking is essential as numbers are limited to 15 members.

Please note that bookings for this event will close Monday 19th August 2024 (at 10am) hours prior to the event commencing. 

When booking, please include your full name and email address (a phone number is not required).

If you have any questions about the event, please contact us at: [email protected] 

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