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THE CHALLENGE
Planning for the safe ingress, circulation and egress of thousands of people nightly, in the dark in an operational zoo.
The Emergency Planning element of this one is a very specific challenge.
4,899
people per night navigating the Zoo in the dark
60 +
nights of programmed entertainment in Dublin Zoo
3
people on the Safety Team each night at a minimum
300k +
people enjoy Wild Lights each year as part of their Christmas celebrations
120 +
individual groupings of Chinese Lantern attractions throughout the Zoo
30 +
Chinese artists who travel to Dublin each year to install and maintain the lanterns
The Solution
We’ve worked with Dublin Zoo on Wild Lights since its inception back in 2017.
We worked hard to win the competitive tender competition at the time and we’ve become an extension of Dublin Zoo’s team at this stage.
The Events Team in Dublin Zoo, to their credit, having decided to bring Wild Lights, a Chinese Lantern show to the Zoo, looked for an Event Management partner to help them realise their vision.
We loved the challenge of this and we pitched really strongly to ensure we got to work on it. That was in 2017 and we’ve renewed the deal multiple times since.
Our Crowd Safety and Event Safety team on this one is operational for around 10 months of the year. Decisions around each year’s theme happen very early on and design begins not long after the previous year’s shows finish up.
We have a near daily presence in the Zoo during the later stages of the design period. As we move into the readying and build phase then, we are consistently on site, through show nights and into break.
Safe Events Global has partnered with Dublin Zoo on Wild Lights since its inception in 2017.
They integrate seamlessly with our in-house team, fostering a positive, productive partnership essential to delivering Wild Lights year after year.”
Safe Events Global has partnered with Dublin Zoo on Wild Lights since its inception in 2017.
They integrate seamlessly with our in-house team, fostering a positive, productive partnership essential to delivering Wild Lights year after year.”
The Result
Around 300,000 people enjoy the Wild Lights shows each year, with it now established as a firm fixture in the Irish Christmas calendar.
It’s a beautiful event, attracting families and young couples and all in-between.
Across approximately 60+ nights each year, Dublin Zoo is transformed into a supremely unique event space, with Chinese Lanterns stretching as far as the eye can see.
With a new theme each year, the visual nature of the show, taking place in the depths of winter, guarantees a new experience annually, albeit in largely familiar surroundings.
Catering for approximately 4,899 people a night, normal daytime Zoo operations gives way to a highly tailored management and delivery plan for Wild Lights, which sees true collaboration between the client and ourselves to ensure effective delivery and happy attendees.
Over 300,000 people come along each year, expecting to be wowed and going home having very much been wowed.
We love playing our part in this one.
Our Part
As a long-term client in our home market, we do a lot more than just Health & Safety for Dublin Zoo on this one.
Services we provide include:
- Safety by Design consultancy
- Event consultancy (general)
- Health & Safety Strategy development
- Emergency Planning
- Crowd & Event Safety consultancy
- Statutory Agency liaison
- Operational Team deployment
- Tactical Command provision
- Stakeholder management
- Vendor management
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