Day 3 of EU MODEX IRE EX

Wicklow County Council, as part of the EU MODEX Lot 4 consortium, hosted Ireland’s first EU MODEX simulation exercise on Wednesday 26th March 2025, in County Wicklow.

The EU MODEX exercise is a wild land and forest fire advisory mission to test Irish procedures and evaluate Ireland’s capacity to prepare for and manage large forest fires. It was also an opportunity to share best international practices in the response to wild land and forest fires.

This multi-agency exercise involved over 250 participants from Ireland and other EU member states, simulating a wildfire scenario near Turlough Hill in the Wicklow Mountains National Park.