Linkin Park to Employ Weather Forecasters on Tour
With new safety measures in place, Linkin Park is hopeful that no weather emergencies will put a damper on their upcoming tour.
Check out Event Safety Alliance Partner WeatherOps
WeatherOps is a unique division of Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., a global leader in providing state-of-the-science weather detection, nowcasting, and forecasting systems. WeatherOps, conceived after the unfortunate tragedies at entertainment events in 2011, is not necessarily a new venture but rather a more specific, focused offering within WDT’s range of products. Our staff of meteorologists track weather as it pertains to your indoor or outdoor event. Forecasts and alerts are provided via Internet, SMS, mobile apps, mobile push alerts and phone access to one of our Meteorologists regardless of time of day.
The Good Practice Safety Guide
This is a guide to safety at small events and sporting events on the highway, on roads and in public places.
for immediate release: The event safety alliance calls into action the adoption of the hse event safety guide; US SPECIFIC VERSION WILL BE COMPILED WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS
Indianapolis, IN - On Monday, April 23 members of the Event Safety Alliance came together and met with Governor Mitch Daniels and legislators of the great state of Indiana to call into action the adoption of the United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive, The Event Safety Guide within the United States and to then create a US specific version, establishing a far-reaching set of industry best practices, as well as reinforcing the culture of life safety as priority one.
Motivated by the unfortunate tragedies at multiple entertainment events in 2011, the meeting successfully, and unanimously, consented to the HSE The Event Safety Guide becoming the interim reference manual. Within the coming months, a US specific version will be compiled utilizing the important work in the Indiana Tomasetti and Witt reports.
Led by industry veterans, members of the Event Safety Alliance have worked closely with world-renowned artists (U2, Linkin Park, The Rolling Stones), festivals (Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury) as well representatives from of one of the world’s leading concert promoter AEG Global, ensuring that safety is at the forefront of the practices of event production. The protocols set forth in The Event Safety Guide allow for a common language between all parties involved in the execution and inspection of an event site.
“This is a massive leap forward that the consideration of life-safety will remain at the forefront of these event,” states Executive Director of the Event Safety Alliance, Jim Digby.
In the coming months, the Event Safety Alliance will form a group composed of industry professionals designated to work with industry to government agencies such as homeland security, OSHA and NFPA. To date they have already accomplished an overwhelming need and support for such actions in the industry and providing the global best practices for the industry.
Overall their mission includes:
- Build a consensus, both in the public and private entertainment sectors, to adopt the current HSE Event Safety Guide (“The Purple Guide”) as the interim best practices manual for the United States
- Adapt “The Purple Guide” in collaboration with our European partners, creating and managing the working and steering groups of industry professionals in the US, with the goal of creating “The Event Safety Guide US,” a universal set of best practices for the industry
- Work with government and industry leaders to find the best strategies for inspection practices
- Aid in creating task specific training and certification programs for all levels of individuals involved in risk management
- Continue to grow the culture of life safety first as priority one
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1 dead after storm blows St. Louis beer tent over
ST. LOUIS (AP) – High winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people gathered after a Cardinals game Saturday, killing one and critically injuring at least five others, authorities said. But the owner of the bar said it was lightning — not wind — that killed the patron.
On April 23rd, founding members of the Event Safety Alliance took our mission to Indiana meeting there with officials including the NFPA, IATSE, IDHS, IOSHA and a broad reaching group of entertainment industry veterans. We strengthened the relationship between government officials and industry leaders, ensuring that we are working together to improve industry best practices in the interest of life safety.
The HSE “Event Safety Guide”
Also referred to as “The Purple Guide” due to its purple cover, the HSE Event Safety Guide is the authoritative and widely referenced manual for health, safety and welfare at concerts and other similar events in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. This event safety guide aims to help everyone who organizes music events so that events run safely, enabling organizers to understand the needs of others concerned with the event, such as local authorities and the emergency services, so that they can all work together to improve event safety.
Event Safety Alliance News
On April 23rd, founding members of the Event Safety Alliance will be taking our mission to Indiana meeting there with officials including the NFPA, IATSE, IDHS, IOSHA and a broad reaching group of entertainment industry veterans. We will be strengthening the relationship between government officials and industry leaders ensuring that we are working together to improve industry best practices in the interest of life safety.
Motivated by the unfortunate tragedies at multiple entertainment events in 2011, a wide-ranging group of industry veterans came together to form the Event Safety Alliance. These individuals include staging and temporary structure manufacturers and engineers, event safety and security directors, artist production managers, private meteorological services, equipment manufacturers, industry safety training directors, event riggers, venue managers, industry standards writers, industry insurance professionals and industry attorneys.
Our mission:
- Build a consensus, both in the public and private entertainment sectors, to adopt the current HSE Event Safety Guide (“The Purple Guide”) as the interim best practices manual for the United States
- Adapt “The Purple Guide” in collaboration with our European partners, creating and managing the working and steering groups of industry professionals in the US, with the goal of creating “The Event Safety Guide US,” a universal set of best practices for the industry
- Work with government and industry leaders to find the best strategies for inspection practices
- Aid in creating task specific training and certification programs for all levels of individuals involved in risk management
- Reinforce “life safety first” as the priority of the industry
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