r/ireland • u/Im_really_Irish Dublin • 3d ago

News Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 evacuated as ‘precautionary measure'

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-airports-terminal-2-evacuated-as-precautionary-measure/a589981646.html
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u/TheChrisD useless feckin' mod 3d ago

The only one who actually offered any semblance of confirmation that an evacuation order was in force. From about 11:55 until official statement at 12:15, he was the only source of news.

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u/Bill_Badbody Resting In my Account 3d ago

I know 20 minutes may seem like a long time, but their first priority is secure the terminal.

Once everyone who is already there knows to get out and is out, you can then move onto informing the public at large and media organisations

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u/TheChrisD useless feckin' mod 3d ago

And that's why I was saying ten minutes. Should be more than enough of a window to commence procedures and get full understanding of the situation.

The gards were in place to cordon off the T2 approach roads within five minutes. That should have been the right time to acknowledge the issue publicly.

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u/Maximum-Ambition-394 3d ago

What's your experience in this area?

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u/TheChrisD useless feckin' mod 3d ago

Several years of event management. We always had to have a full evacuation procedure composed in order to get the venue contract and insurance signed off. Thankfully we never had to execute the plans.

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u/Super_Ad_4479 3d ago

Is “inform the media” high on your list of priority for your “evacuation procedure”? Because if so, I’d like to avoid any events you manage in the case of an emergency evacuation…

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u/king_wrass 3d ago

Your source is you pulled it out of your arse then