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Crowd Safety

Crowd Safety

Combining industry experience with academic research to improve crowd safety practices.

What is Zone Ex and why is it important?

What is Zone Ex and why is it important?

In the wake of the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017 and the Wembley Euro Final in 2021, the subject of who was responsible for crowd safety within the public realm became a topic of focus. This issue regarded the delineation of responsibility for crowd management within the space outside the

Can the word ‘stampede’ undermine crowd safety?

Can the word ‘stampede’ undermine crowd safety?

The Oxford Dictionary of English defines Stampede as: * a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals: the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede. * a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people in response to a particular

Takeaways from ILMC Production Meeting & Event Safety and Security Summit 2022

Takeaways from ILMC Production Meeting & Event Safety and Security Summit 2022

Yesterday welcomed event production and event safety people from around the world gather in real life at the Royal Garden Hotel in London for the ILMC Production Meeting & Event Safety and Security Summit. Personally it was great to be in 3D with old friends and colleagues and had great fun

#1. The Root Cause of Crowd Disasters

#1. The Root Cause of Crowd Disasters

Crowd disasters occur when people are given insufficient information and space (Sime, 1999). It is rarely the case that only one factor causes a disaster (Helbing and Mukerji, 2012). In particular, increase or decrease in density is the difference between crowds moving from a ‘jamming’ to a ‘non-jamming’ state, accumulating

So, what is Crowd Safety?

So, what is Crowd Safety?

I get a blank look when I tell people I work in "crowd safety". I ask if they ever attended an event; arrived safely, guided into the venue, found their seat, watched the show and then guided back to their transport, barely noticing the journey? That's crowd safety.

To prevent disaster, now is the time to study crowd safety

To prevent disaster, now is the time to study crowd safety

If I am over a decade into my career and facing the challenge of an industry that has totally collapsed, then I can share an understanding of what those who are only preparing to enter the industry could be feeling. Event Management has only become a subject of study within

Episode 4: Airborne Transmission and Crowd Safety

Episode 4: Airborne Transmission and Crowd Safety

Recently, a group of scientists published an open letter (Morawska and Milton, 2020) urging governments and organisations to consider that airborne transmission of the COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 virus may be more impactful than surface transmission.