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Large Scale Incident Management at Google

Speaker: Rory Ward, Director of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Google Topic: Large Scale Incident Management at Google Download the presentation: https://doras.dcu.ie/30741/1/EMII%20Nov%202023%20Large%20Scale%20Incident%20Management.pdf Rory Ward provided insights into Google’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) approach to large-scale incident management, highlighting key principles such as error budgets, blameless postmortems, and disaster recovery testing (DiRT). The presentation outlined Google’s Incident […]

February 15, 2025 by

Proceedings of the EMII Members Briefing: Navigating Decision-Making in VUCA Environments

Speaker: Donal O’Driscoll Topic: Navigating Decision-Making in VUCA Environments Download the presentation: https://doras.dcu.ie/30740/1/EMII%20Sept%202024%20Navigating%20Decision-Making%20in%20VUCA%20Environments.pdf Donal O’Driscoll explored decision-making in VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) environments, contrasting rational (deliberative, systematic) and naturalistic (intuitive, experience-based) decision-making models. The session covered key frameworks such as the Dual Process Theory of Reasoning (System 1 & System 2), the Cynefin […]

February 15, 2025 by

Exercise ‘Tuilte’ 2019

The Eastern Region Working Group on MEM is facilitating Regional Coordination Centre Exercise in two phases in March and April 2019. The exercise scenario is based on a 1/1000 year flood event along the river Liffey catchment as a result of prolonged heavy rainfall and increased releases from the ESB reservoirs at Pollaphuca and Golden […]

August 25, 2021 by

Inter-Agency Exercise “Barracuda” 2018

An Inter-Agency Marauding Terrorist Fire Arms (MTFA) Exercise will be taking place in DCU on Friday 16th November at 19.00. This is a Garda led exercise, with participation from all PRAs; An Garda Síochána, HSE National Ambulance Service, Dublin City Council / Dublin Fire Brigade and the Defence Forces. The exercise scenario will take the […]

August 25, 2021 by

2018 Study Tour: Naval Service HQ – Haulbowline

18 Oct 2018 Naval Service Operations incl. Mediterranean Deployments. Naval Base, Haulbowline. The Naval Service is the State’s principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. It is tasked with a variety of defence and other roles. The NS has had high-profile roles in recent times in relation […]

August 25, 2021 by

Research Symposium III: Nuclear Incident (Abroad)

Schedule 8.30 Light Breakfast, Registration & Opportunity to Join EMII 9.00 Welcome – Dennis Keeley, EMII Chairperson 9.10 Introduction – Nuclear Incident Abroad: the National Risk Register & Public Perception. Prof. Caroline McMullan, Gavin D. Brown, & Dr Ann Largey DCU Business School 9.30 Paper One – Ireland’s National Plan for Nuclear Accidents. Dr Ciara […]

September 9, 2019 by

Research Symposium II (Food Contamination)

Connected Learning Risk Management Series, Research Symposium II: Food Contamination Schedule 8.30 Light Breakfast, Registration & Opportunity to Join EMII 9.00 Welcome – Dennis Keeley, EMII Chairperson 9.10 Introduction – Food Contamination: the National Risk Register & Public Perception. Dr Caroline McMullan, Gavin D. Brown, & Dr Ann Largey DCU Business School 9.20 Paper One – […]

September 9, 2019 by

EMII Research Symposium: Critical Thinkers in Emergency Management Research: An International Perspective

Friday the 1st February 2019 marked the first birthday of the DCU Business School based Emergency Management Institute Ireland (EMII). A research symposium entitled “Critical Thinkers in Emergency Management Research: An International Perspective” was organised in order to celebrate this significant milestone. The symposium brought together influential academics from the arena of disaster and emergency […]

April 12, 2019 by