Safety Officers

Here is how this works in practice. Our Irish safety-officer roster covers Health and Safety Authority (HSA. The Republic's national workplace-safety regulator. Equivalent to UK HSE and Spanish INSHT) certified production safety leads. With cross-border Northern Irish HSE NI compliance on Belfast-and-Mourne shoots. The senior safety officers anchored the Vikings six-season action sequences at Ashford Studios Wicklow (Norse-warrior axe-and-shield wall, longboat stunts, fire-and-pyrotechnic effects), Game of Thrones at Titanic Studios Belfast and Paint Hall (the Battle of the Bastards and Battle of Winterfell multi-thousand-extra crowd-and-stunt operations), Foundation across Troy Studios Limerick (the Apple TV+ 320,000 sq ft stage with the Trantor-sites falling-from-height effects).

Here is the short of it. Penny Dreadful Victorian-Gothic creature-and-fight choreography. The Saving Private Ryan Curracloe Beach D-Day reconstruction (the largest beach-landing pyro-and-stunt sequence in cinema history), the Star Wars Skellig Michael UNESCO-island-access work with the OPW and Irish Coast Guard helicopter-resupply protocol. Plus the Banshees finger-amputation gag and the Belfast 1969 Troubles-era riot reconstruction.

Here is the breakdown. Compliance records flows risk-assessment-and-method-statement (RAMS), hazard-identification, stunt-and-effects sequence sign-off, plus Permit-To-Work (PTW) hot-work-and-confined-space-and-working-at-height protocols. Expert safety coordination — stunt-coordinator engagement (Patrick Condren Stunts, Action Performance Ireland, the senior Irish stunt registry). Pyrotechnics-and-armoury (the Irish-licensed armourer roster). Underwater-and-marine safety (the Irish Coast Guard and dive-medic-certified water-safety officers). Aerial-and-drone safety (the IAA Irish Aviation Authority drone-permit and exclusion-zone running), plus working-at-height rigging via IRATA-and-SPRAT-certified rope-access teams. Hospital-and-medical-evacuation coordination via St. James's Hospital Dublin Major Trauma Centre, the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast MTC, plus the Athlone-based Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Air Ambulance.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. SIPTU union and Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) industry-collective-agreement compliance, EHIC and GHIC cross-border health coverage. Workplace Relations Commission labor-enforcement. Plus Section 481 32% tax credit qualifying safety spend through Irish-resident hires and the 40% regional uplift.