I thought some list members might be interested to hear about a new
publication - The Event Safety Guide - just published by the Health and
Safety Executive (UK). It is an update of the previous publication -
Guide to health, safety and welfare at pop concerts and similar events.
The new publication contains guidance for the safe running of a broader
range of events, emphasising risk management. I have been working for
over two years on behalf of the 'events industry' to liaise with the
Health and Safety Executive to try to make sure that the views and
experiences of practitioners working in all areas of the industry were
included in the production of the guidance. It is one of the first
'official' publications to have been produced this way. The following
are brief extracts from the Press Release for the publication launch:
"Guidance to ensure standards of health and safety at concerts and
festivals has today been published by the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) following extensive consultation with the music events industry.
The Event Safety Guide - A guide to health, safety and welfare at music
and similar events will help organisers of everything from major outdoor
festivals with a hundred thousand visitors to concerts for just a few
hundred local residents. Many of the chapters can be applied to other
events which, although not necessarily musical, share some of the same
characteristics of concerts, such as millennium celebrations.
It has been updated to reflect the continuing development of best
practice in the music events industry. The main changes have been to
give more advice about planning and management and the guide also
outlines how to carry out a risk assessment. It covers areas such as
emergency planning, communications, crowd control, first aid, children's
areas and the use of special effects. New chapters cover camping,
merchandising and amusements.
Copies of The Event Safety Guide, HSG195, ISBN 0-7176-2453-6, price
£20.00, are available from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk,
CO10 6FS, tel: 01787-881165 or fax: 01787-313995. Priced publications
are also available from good booksellers."
If anyone would like any further information, or a copy of the full
Press Release, please contact me (email) [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] or phone (44) 020 7837 2230 or fax (44) 020 7833
4988.
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