A Reflection on Crowd Safety for Events
Theme: Discussing the perception of risk management for events
Simple accidents do happen, and recently I fell from our stairs. It is natural for every individual to experience accidents and most of them, according to the news, are in critical situation like in a car accident. Based on the other public opinions that I heard before, there are people who are very well-known to be unlucky or should I say had an “unlucky fate” because they are more prone into accidents. Other people just make fun on the accidents that happened to them, while others are shouldering the burdens because of the associated consequences. Accidents may be natural but sometimes, it can be predicted. Big events such as in star-studded concert or watching an American Football Championship can make every spectator cheer. From watching such big events, accidents don’t only happen on stage or in the field but also among the massive crowds. It is expected that accidents coming from the fans is called stampede that sometimes turn into a riot. Before the event, or just planning for the event, there are many deployed officers who are present to relieve the tension in the crowd and carry outside the rival groups (if any).
On the other side, events are also considered to be extreme, as if the lives of the people are in real danger. The extreme events as defined by Slovic and Weber (2002) to be harmful to people, property, and to the environment. The applied terminology here is the “games against nature” for the safety of the people are at stake in meeting the calamities like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and storms. Nowadays, there are governmental agencies that can predict the upcoming events or disasters which tends to continuously warn and teach the people to handle properly the anticipated events. The risk management comes in for the people are oriented regarding the predictable calamities and allowed them to be prepared at the same time. As part of the risk management assessment, the people should collect and store the basic necessities such as food and water to keep them alive even for a long time. If there is an expected typhoon, the houses should well-founded but if in case that the destruction of the properties appeared, the government or the local sector should also be prepared for the relocations of the victims. However, there are times that technological failure appeared in the control center and failed to deliver the exact point of calamity, like the velocity or movement of the hurricane, people should be warned or aware on the changes. Simple observation like the changes in the movement of the leaves or the unnatural cold is a hint that there is a great wind ahead. It is better to avoid the danger present in every event to ensure the safety. As for the officials, the crowd safety belong on their top priority and because of that, they are trained to save lives.
Consulted Work:
Slovic, P., & Weber, E.U., (2002) “Perception of Risk Posed by Extreme Events”, Risk Management Strategies in an Uncertain World Conference in Palisades, New York (April 12-13, Accessed 21 May 2010, from http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/chrr/documents/meetings/roundtable/white_papers/slovic_wp.pdf
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