Crowd Management
Learn how to handle your crowd whenever you are having a big function. several precautions must be taken to ensure their safety and should not interfere with the fun they are expected to have.
According to OXFORD DICTIONARY 8th edn (2010 p.p 902) management is the act of running or controlling a business or an organization. An event is defined as something that happens, especially that which is important.
Crowd management is not so recent. DOUKAS (2006) narrates how crowd management started long time ago during the orientation of Olympics where by women were prohibited to enter into the sports arenas with the men. It was believed that Olympic grounds were sacred places and only the men were to enter. Women would watch the games from a far of which still was wrong and if they were found they paid dearly for disobeying. This in real sense was a way of managing the spectators.
THE TYPE OF EVENT AND THE VENUE OF THE EVENT
The type of event that we are going to deal with is a sports event taking place at the National Stadium at 4: 00pm in the evening till 9:00pm.This stadium has a capacity of holding more than five thousand spectators. We are going to have athletics. We considered the national stadium because there are few potential hazards that can take place there. This venue is near the general hospital where we can get medical help whenever we need it. The area is not so crowded and there is a super highway which will check traffic jams and overcrowding of people. The venue is also well installed with fire extinguishers which will help in case of fire outbreak. It is also well lit to provide light at the dark hours of the night.
LABTROBE COUNCIL. (n.d) the stadium has well sheltered areas for the patrons, staffs and the volunteers incase weather conditions are harsh. These areas that have been set up include transport pick up and set down joints, spectator and official viewing points, seating and eating areas, first aid areas and event management areas, entrance and ticketing areas and competitor and official viewing areas.
TASK AND ROLES TO THE STAKE HOLDERS.
We have made sure that every stake holder does his responsibility honorably. Our stake holders include the insurance, the first aid experts, the fire department, water providers, sanitation department, security, local councils and the police, the promoter, technology department, e.t.c. As we move forward we are going to discuss on how each stake holder is going to take up his role in spectator management.
CROWD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (1997-2000)
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