Civil Defence gears up for ‘Guinness fireworks’ event

December 24, 2013 Print Send to Friend
DUBAI: As Dubai prepares to set the
world’s largest fireworks display
ever, the Civil Defence participates
in undertaking preventive-safety
measures, an official told the Gulf
Today on Monday.
Preparations are underway at the
launching sites in Palm Jumeirah
and World Islands for the display
scheduled to take place on the New
Year’s Eve. It will last six minutes
in attempt to outshine Kuwait’s
2012 Guinness record that involved
77,282 fireworks.
Dubai’s display will extend
99.4kilometres along the seafront
and will involve 450,000 fireworks.
The record will be followed with a
15 minute display covering a
kilometre along the Jumeirah beach,
near Burj Arab, Jumeirah City and
Jumeirah beach hotel
The Dubai Civil Defence General
Directorate’s Events Committee
Chairman Lieutenant Colonel
Hussein Mohamed Al Rahoomi
revealed that all civil defence
centres will be on a high alert
throughout the New Year
celebrations. “This includes keeping
an eye on preparation activities
regarding the fireworks launchings
and during the displays until the
return of the visitors to their
homes.”
He Civil Defence is working within a
security committee comprising
Dubai government departments and
various concerned authorities in
order to ensure safety during all
stages of preparation and
implementation of the fireworks
display activities.
“Our team is at work at the three
main sites where the New Year
fireworks display will take place; the
Palm Jumeirah and the World
Islands, Burj Khalifa area and
Jumeirah Beach near the Burj Al
Arab Hotel.
Since six months, the general-
directorate of Civil Defence formed a
working team comprising three sub-
teams with more than 200 officers
and security personnel to ensure
safety at the three sites.
The directorate started to prepare
for the big event by including study
and risk analysis, and the
development of various scenarios to
ensure the safety of the public and
locations.
“A number of evacuation exercises
have been conducted in the interest
of these sites, in addition to a safety
plan, adopted and adhered to by the
companies that will carry out the
display. Also, joint teams undertook
the secure storage of fireworks since
their arrival a month ago,” he
concluded.

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