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External Links

The following represent a small handful of use full material available to those concerned with the safety of crowds and events. Additional input to is required to increase its functionality so please contact the group to make your suggestions.

The Health and Safety Executive

• The Event Safety Guide - This link takes you to the HSE Book Shop if you wish buy a hard copy of the book, also know as the Purple Guide. It provides guidance to Event Organisers to enable them to fulfil their requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and comments on the appropriate level of communication required between Event Organiser and the Local Authority and Emergency Services

British Standards

• Guide to Industry Best Practice for Organising Outdoor Events - This link takes you to BSI On-line if you wish to buy a copy of the book. It provides guidance to those wishing to organise outdoor events and includes (but is not limited to) chapters on: Risk Management, Health and safety, Crowd management and Emergency planning.

The Home Office

• Good Practice Safety Guide - This link will open a download for the guide. It contains guidance on: event planning, a suggested timeline for critical activites, the Health and Safety atWork Act 1974, and Police attendance at events.

International Guideance

• Safe and Healthy Mass Gatherings - part of the Australian Emergency Manuals Series - This link will open a download for the guide. This is the Asutralian equivilant of the Event Safety Guide and provides an extensive source of information regarding most aspects of event planning

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