On the 16th October 2019 Declan received a “NSAI 1997 award” in recognition of his valuable contribution to the development in Fire Safety Standards work with the National Standards Authority of Ireland and also with CEN TC 70 the European committee for standardization development where he works on numerous committees as a delegate and chairperson developing new and revising existing standards in the area of manual fire- fighting equipment since 2008.
Declan was presented with the award at the 04th Annual standards forum at the Talent Garden, DCU Alpha, Dublin 11, by Ms Geraldine Larkin NSAI Chief Executive Officer and Mr Enda McDonnell Director of Standards & metrology at NSAI (seen in photo attached).