Every time I get on a plane there are safety annoncments. How to fix your seat belt. How to fix a life jacket. Where to find an exit. Count the rows to your exit. Where to check for more information.
When I reach a hotel, usually there is an exit guide on the back of the bedroom door.
Often a restaurant has fir extinguishers. (You wonder why. Until your crespes suzette is set on fire in Singapore. Or your Christmas pudding in the UK.Or your meal in France.
This week I read that open plan design in schools led to gang fights, hrad to contain.
I open my online news and read about an accident in India.
Is there a book on safety management?
What common sense everyday security seems obvious to me and you and some of us, but not to others? Such as:
1 Install a safety net underneath. But what if the star of the show is descending? The net could be designed so it only pulls apart at the last moment when the cage is near the ground.
2 Have a playground type flooring below any suspended in the air person. Not a concrete of hard floor. Or put some cushioning underneath. Or a bounce like a trampoline. But this requires more safety, and practise, to ensure the person does not bounce up and over.
3 Give protective clothing and helmets to anybody doing stunts.
When I go to an event, I often think the most risky part is the journey to and from the event.
Motorway Accident Prevention
Last weekend we passed what looked like a motorbike accident on the other side of a motorway between St Alband and Harrow-Watford.
Barriers
When we reached the next roundabout, we saw that a police car was across the entrance to the road, preventing traffic from entering. Why? Firstly, to allow emergency vehicles access. Secondly, to proect the emergency responders standing in the road from being hit by passing traffic.
If you are planning a big event, or attending an event, whether at home or overseas, ask the orgnizers if they have fire exits and risk management at the venue and for any stunts. On your way in, note the fire exits and the direction you must take, the main front exit and the alternative exit.
At a wedding or wine tasting or pub when people might be inebriated, it is extra important to be sure of a clear path to an exit and an exit not blocksd by boxes and padlocks.
At airports we see signs to prayer rooms. Often you see signs which say, for your safety ....
I like the saying, God helps those who help themseles
To end on a happy note, every time you attend an event and get home safety, you think nothing of it. You only notice when things go wrong. But when things don't go wrong, it's because many people in the past and distant places as well as those near you have ensured your safety.
Useful Websites
stunts
https://toolboxforteachers.s3.amazonaws.com/Core/PBL-Nuggets/Stuntman/Stunt-Safety_article.pdf
Accidents
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12987181/tech-boss-plunges-15ft-death-companys-anniversary-party.html#newcomment
https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/peter-shankman/can-we-do-that
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/arts/television/stunt-accidents-penalty-safety.html
Event Barriers and Bollards
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