New ANSI Standards Approved and Published

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two new/revised standards with a specific entertainment safety focus.

ANSI ES1.40-2023, Event Safety – Security, is a new standard. Developed by the Event Safety Working Group, this standard is intended to be a companion piece to ANSI ES1.9‐2020, Crowd Management, in that event security is an essential component of crowd management, and some of the reasonably foreseeable risks and risk mitigation strategies will overlap. It distinguishes between privately retained or volunteer security providers, and public safety officials such as police, sheriffs, constables, or firefighters who perform crowd control.

ANSI E1.21-2023, Temporary Structures Used for Technical Production of Outdoor Entertainment Events, is a revision of the 2020 edition. This document establishes a minimum level of design and performance parameters for the design, manufacturing, use, and maintenance of temporary ground-supported structures used in the production of outdoor entertainment events. The purpose of this guidance is to ensure the structural reliability and safety of these structures and does not address fire safety and safe egress issues. The new edition brings E1.21 into line with current editions of the upcoming 2024 International Building Code, in an unprecedented harmonization collaboration when dealing with outdoor structures. 

Both standards are available for download at http://tsp.esta.org/freestandards.