Notable Emergency Calls
The Civil Defence can be activated by request from civil power (gardaí), local authority, fire services and the Health Service Executive. The organisation may also respond to incidents witnessed in active duty such as road traffic collisions. They may also respond to non-statutory requests at the discretion of the Civil Defence Officer.
Selected notable events in the organisation's history are:
- 1965 North Wall Depot Fire - firefighting support (in support of the Dublin Fire Brigade)
- 1981 Stardust fire - disaster relief (supporting Dublin Fire Brigade)
- 1984 Raglan House Explosion - firefighting and rescue (supporting Dublin Fire Brigade)
- 1995 Dublin/Wicklow Mountains Forest Fires - firefighting (supporting Dublin Fire Brigade)
- 2002 Flooding in Dublin's North Inner City - rescue and water pumping (supporting Dublin Fire Brigade)
- 2009 Adverse weather Nationwide - flood relief and water supply (supporting County Fire Services, Irish Defence Forces and Gardaí)
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