Event Risk Management and Safety

The collapse of the bonfire tower at Texas A&M, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic-each year, thousands of accidents resulting in injury, death, and significant financial loss occur at events. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.

The collapse of the bonfire tower at Texas A&M, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic-each year, thousands of accidents resulting in injury, death, and significant financial loss occur at events. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Risk Management: An Applied and Theoretical Sociological Perspective. Chapter 2: Risk Assessment. Chapter 3: Alcohol and Events.Chapter 4: Crowd Control.Chapter 5: Emergencies. Chapter 6: Critical Issues for Event Safety.Chapter 7: Outdoor Events: Stage Safety, Pyrotechnics, Parades, and Demonstrations. Chapter 8: Tomorrow's Event Risk Management. Appendix 1: Web Resources. Appendix 2: Alcohol and Beverage Commission Addresses and Telephone/Fax Numbers by State.Appendix 3: Organizations for Event Risk Managers. Appendix 4: References. Appendix 5: Glossary of Pyrotechnic Terms.Index.