Emergency exercise to take place at Cork Airport on Tuesday night
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A special 'hours of darkness' emergency exercise is set to take place at Cork Airport on Tuesday night.
Airport authorities have advised the public to expect to see some emergency service vehicles operating in and around the airport later as part of the exercise which will start at 7.45pm and run for approximately two hours.
There will be no impact to the flight schedule and there will be no exercise activities in the terminal building.
Airline personnel based at Cork Airport, the Irish Aviation Authority, An Garda Síochána, Cork City Fire Brigade, the National Ambulance Service and the Health Services Executive will all be involved in the special training event.
The exercise is required under safety regulations and is designed to test the readiness of the airport and other agencies to deal with a major incident.
It will evaluate the responsiveness of all agencies in case of a future emergency at Cork Airport.
Kevin Cullinane, Daa group head of communications, said the exercise will test the internal emergency plan and the response of the external emergency service partners in implementing the inter-agency emergency plan for Cork Airport.
"The exercise will not impact on flight operations and the public should not be alarmed if they see emergency vehicles in operation around the vicinity of Cork Airport tonight between the hours of 7.45pm and 9.45pm," he said.
