On Sunday, the 25th June 2017 Shannonside Northern Sound hosted the Midsummer’s Day with the Stars Country Music Festival in Roscommon Racecourse. This was the 5th year to stage the festival which is growing from strength to strength each year. The festival was highlighted by stars such as Big Tom, Nathan Carter and many more. Cuttle Consulting were engaged,…
We were recently engaged to design and deliver an emergency exercise for the 2017 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which will take place in Ennis, Co Clare in August. Emergency planning and preparedness is an essential part of any large crowd event. The Fleadh lasts for eight days and attracts up to 400,000 people in that period. The exercise scenarios were…
Quirky Nights Glamping Village, Enniscrone, Co Sligo, staged a music festival from Friday 26th May to Sunday 28th May 2017 at Castlefield, Enniscrone, Co Sligo. The festival is the brain-child of David McGowan. David is known as the man who brought the Boeing 767 to Enniscrone as part of his glamping village. David and his team designed a festival…
We recently designed and delivered a medical emergency exercise inside an ATEX area at a client’s premises. The scenario was selected to test the facilities’ ability to respond quickly to a medical emergency in a restricted area. Under normal circumstances anyone entering an ATEX area will go through a gowning-up process where potential sources of ignition or contamination are removed….
We have just completed a chemical spill exercise for a manufacturing client. The exercise was written to test the facilities emergency response team, chemical spill team, first aiders and portable bunding capabilities. The handling and storage of chemicals is governed by the Chemicals Acts and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act. These provide for a set of guidelines…
After many years of job losses and stagnation, it is great to see that so many businesses are now recruiting again. When new recruits arrive on site they are given the usual inductions that are required to appease the SHWWA and the organisation’s HR policies. But is that enough? The safety culture that exists in workplaces is exactly that,…
Over the past few months we have been working with a client who has multiple facilities over a large geographical area. They have a critical incident plan, which in theory, should work well in the event of a critical incident. Like all such plans it is little more than a fancy document until it is tested. We conducted workshops and…
We recently completed the review of the Critical Incident Plan for a client. The plan is just a document until it is tested to see if it is fit for purpose and are the nominated role holders confident with their roles, responsibilities and mandates. This week we gave a presentation on the plan, to the Executive Management Team who understand…
This week we delivered a scenario based exercise for a client who wished to refresh their Crisis Management Team (CMT). The scenario involved a chemical incident resulting in a fire and injury to employees. Following activation of the fire alarm there was a full Emergency Evacuation and activation of the facility’s Emergency Response Team (ERT). The local Fire Service were…
Ennis, Co Clare are the proud hosts of the 2016 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which will run from the 14th to 21st August. The Fleadh is now one of the largest events staged in Ireland each year. Last year over 400,000 people visited the Fleadh in Sligo. With the tradition and love of Irish music that exists in County Clare,…
