Event Risk Assessment and Management

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• For more event risk management and public liability information and checklists visit Public Liability Website

• Guide to Managing Risk at Public Events – Download Here: Public Event Risks (2)

• Event Risk Management Checklist – Equestrian Federation of Australia

• Link to Macquarie University’s Events Manual. Covers marketing, public liability, planning, security and safety

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  Risk Management, Safety & Security

The following links are provided by the  Australian Centre for Event Management (ACEM). The ACEM was established in 1999 to further develop and support the work of the University of Technology, Sydney in event management education, training and research. ACEM forms part of the School of Leisure Sport and Tourism in the Faculty of Business.

ACEM’s mission is to further enhance Australia as a centre of excellence in the development of skills and knowledge associated with the creation, delivery and evaluation of corporate, public and private events.

In doing so, ACEM seeks to contribute to the cultural life and economic well being of the community through promoting best practice in event management.

Risk Management

• Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360:2004 – Risk Management
• Code of Practice for Risk Management of Agricultural Shows and Carnivals (40p. PDF) – Workplace Standards Tasmania.  Download from website.
• Commercializing the Carnivalesque: The V Festival and Image/Risk Management (Journal article) in Event Management, Volume 12, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 39-51.  Available FREE to UTS staff and students via Library Catalogue.  Or purchase from IngentaConnect website.
• Corporate Governance – Links to websites on Corporate Governance from the CorpGov.net site.
• The Cost of Regret: The Role of Risk Management in Event / Venue Safety Planning (9p. PDF) – Article by Andrew Tatrai giving an Australian perspective on risk management in relation to effective crowd management.  Download available.
• An Event Risk Management Plan – Triathlon Race, Vicsport, Help Sheet 7 – Case Study (4p. PDF)
• Governing mega-events: Tools of security risk management for the London 2012 Olympic Games and FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany, 2009 (19p. PDF) – Conference paper presented by Will Jennings and Martin Lodge at the 59th Political Studies Association Conference in Manchester, April 2009.
• A Guide to Risk Management of Public Events, 2006 (42p. PDF) -  ACT WorkCover report providing practical guidance for safety management at public events.
• Handbook: Event Risk Assessment – from the BizParade website.  Includes link to Event risk assessment & checklists.
• “It’s a bit of a minefield” (44p. PDF) – Findings from the Legal Issues and Resources Survey of NSW Volunteering Organisations. Identifies the legal issues and needs of volunteering organisations, the resources they draw on and suggestions about how to improve access to appropriate legal information and resources.
• Managing Risk at Community-Sponsored Events: A comparative study (15p. PDF) – Wayne Fallon and Elizabeth Sullivan (Conference paper) in The Impacts of Events (659p. PDF) – Proceedings of International Event Research Conference (Sydney, July 2005), pp.382-397.
• Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – Risk assessment and management, 2007 (42p. PDF) – National Audit Office.
• Risk Assessment in Event and Filming Activities, 2000 (14p. PDF) – preferred Practice Notes for organisers proposing events or filming activities in the City of Westminster on the public highway or in council managed areas of the City.
• Risk and Compliance in Australia: The Issues and Trends as seen by Practitioners, 2008 – SAI Global report focuses on a select group of highly regulated industry sectors.  Full report download available.
• Risk management (Chapter 18) in Festival and Special Event Management, 4th ed. 2008, pp.587-618,  Johnny Allen et al, John Wiley & Sons Australia.  Available for purchase from ACEM website.  Borrow from UTS Library.
• Risk Management – Sport and Recreation Management website developed by Leo Isaac, Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane.
• Risk Management Issues in Large-scale Sporting Events: a Stakeholder Perspective (Journal article) in European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2009, pp.187-208.  The purpose of this paper is to identify the risk management issues in large-scale sporting events from the perspective of the organizing committee members and stakeholders.  Available FREE to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue, or purchase from publisher’s website.
• Risk Management Strategies by Stakeholders in Canadian Major Sporting Events (Journal article) by Leopkey, Becca and Parent, Milena M. in Event Management, Vol.13, No.3, 2009 , pp.153-170.  Available FREE to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue, or purchase from publisher’s website.
• Special Events – A Managed Approach (70p. PDF)  - A practical guide to managing special events from EventsCorp WA  including Section G on Risk Management.
• A Sporting Chance – A Risk Management Framework for the Sport and Recreation Industry 1999 (145p. PDF) -  Office of Sport and Recreation Tasmania.
• Wakakirri National Story Festival – Risk Management & Safety Information for Schools

Safety and Security

• Advice for Managing Major Events Safely (64p. PDF) – Worksafe Victoria report  providing practical information to major event organisers, venue owners and suppliers about the management of safety risks and meeting their duty of care through integrated event safety planning.
• Crowd Control at Venues and Events (44p. PDF) – This Worksafe Victoria practical occupational health and safety guide for venue and event host employers, crowd control agencies and crowd control staff.
• Developing a Profile Strategy for Festivals and Super Scale Events (10p. PDF) – Chris Kemp (Conference paper 3607) in ‘Re-eventing’ the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change – Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website.
• The Event safety guide: A guide to health, safety and welfare at music and similar events (222p. PDF) -  Health & Safety Executive, UK guide aims to help those who organise music events so that the events run safely.  If link broken, copy title into Google.
• Event Starter Guide –  Safety and Security – Prepared by the NSW government to assist people from the community to navigate their way through some of the many issues involved in organising an event.
• The Good Practice Safety Guide for small and sporting events taking place on the highway, roads and public places, 2006 (72p. PDF) – UK Home Office, Operational Policing. The Guide gives general advice on how to notify an event, the responsibilities of an organiser, the risk assessment procedure, the safety measures that are available, and a planning timescale.
• Guide to Managing Health & Safety at Exhibitions and Events, 2002 (106p. PDF) – Stoneleigh Park, Exhibition and Conference Centre, Coventry.  Download from website.
• Health & Safety and Risk Management, 2005 (41p. PDF) – UK Sport – Staging Major Sports Events: The Guide.
• Hillsborough Stadium incident 15 April 1989 (18p. PDF) – Covers various aspects of the disaster in which 96 people died at a soccer stadium in the UK.
• “It’s a bit of a minefield” (44p. PDF) – Findings from the Legal Issues and Resources Survey of NSW Volunteering Organisations. Identifies the legal issues and needs of volunteering organisations, the resources they draw on and suggestions about how to improve access to appropriate legal information and resources.
• Planning a Safe Public Event: Practical Guidelines – practical guidelines from the Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra to assist with the planning and management of public events to maximise safety and enjoyment.
• Research Findings into the Level of Occupational Health & Safety Legislative Compliance amongst a Sample Group of Event Management Companies (11p, PDF) – Anthony Evans (Conference paper 1507) in ‘Re-eventing’ the City/Town: Events as Catalysts for Change – Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007).  Proceedings available to purchase from ACEM website.
• A review of the management of crowd safety at outdoor street/special events, 2010 (196p. PDF) – Prepared by Chris Kemp and Teresa Moore from Buckinghamshire New University and Penny Mellor, for HSE.  Report contains the results of a study of the management of crowd safety at four outdoor events in England and Scotland.
• Safer celebrations – a planning guide for event managers in NSW – communitybuilders.nsw online guide focuses on the issues that can improve the quality and safety of public events.
• Safety and Security – Section of Event Starter Guide, NSW Government, Office of Protocol and Special Events.
• Social Responsibility Standards for the Production and Sale of Alcoholic Drinks: Scotland 2008 (EventScotland Version) with Guidance for Implementation (11p. PDF)
• Sports Events and Risk Management in New Zealand: How safe is safe enough? 2005 (33p. PDF) – Simone Eisenhauer, Master in Tourism thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• Wakakirri National Story Festival – Risk Management & Safety Information for Schools