As a designated Principal Response Agency (PRA), South Dublin County Council has an ongoing major emergency management programme in place.

In accordance with the requirements of ‘A Framework for Major Emergency Management’ (2006), this Major Emergency Plan has been prepared to facilitate the response to, and recovery from, major emergencies by South Dublin County Council, and to ensure that the Council’s response is coordinated with those of the other two designated Principal Response Agencies, the Health Service Executive and An Garda Síochána.

South Dublin County Council is part of the Eastern Region of the country under the Major Emergency Management (MEM) Framework. This includes Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Wicklow County Council, and Kildare County Council. Meetings of the Eastern Regional Steering Group and the Eastern Regional Working Group are held regularly, with the frequency modified to address particular events, for example, during the height of the Covid-19 health crisis, meetings were held daily.

The Flood Emergency Plan and Severe Weather Plans are sub-plans of our Major Emergency Plan, drafted under guidance from the relevant framework documents. They contain specific protocols and contact details to facilitate South Dublin County Council’s response to Flood Emergencies and other Severe Weather events, both locally and regionally. The plans are supported by South Dublin County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team (SWAT) – this group, comprised of senior operational personnel from across the organisation, meets to assess preparedness for a given weather event (a status orange, or above, weather warning) and to agree appropriate actions.

All plans and appendices are updated on an ongoing and continuous basis.

Additional information can be found here.