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Anticipate - Prepare - Prevent
If you are involved with planning for crowd safety in places of public assembly, you need to understand the principles and applications of crowd dynamics and crowd risk analysis. This course draws on extensive research and experience from event planning and crowd safety design projects around the world. Click here for Delegate Quotes.
Crowd Risk Analysis Ltd Level 5 Accredited Programme: An Introduction To Crowd Science
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Aim of the course
To develop greater awareness of how individuals and crowds react, and behave, in places of public assembly. We explore the application of crowd safety and risk analysis techniques to enhance public safety. This approach is outlined in the book “Introduction to Crowd Science” and taught in a short courses as an Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) route for direct entry to the MSc Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis - click here for a link.
This short course introduces the delegate to the subject materials and is a bridging link between industry experience and further academic studies. We run these courses around the world, if you are interested in a course at your site/venue/location, send us an email.
Who should apply?
If you are involved in planning, or licensing/permitting crowded spaces, then you need to understand crowd safety and crowd risk analysis. The course covers sports, entertainment, shopping, transport, festivals, mass gatherings, street events and places of public assembly. We cover site and venue operations for managers, stewarding and security organizations, police officers with crowd management responsibilities, architects working in the complex and built environment and local authorities with licensing/permitting/approval planning, building control and/or leisure management responsibilities.
Certification
This is an accredited course (Level 5) and approved learning course from the IIRSM and Highfield. Certificates of achievement (Level 5) issued on successful completion.
Key learning points include. You will learn how to:
- Understand and anticipate crowd risks for a wide range of places of public assembly
- Identify crowd risks during event planning, event licensing/permitting and event operations.
- Document and present crowd safety management plans and dynamic risk assessments.
- Apply crowd risk analysis techniques during events.
For an overview of the course materials - click on this link.
For a short interview with Prof Still (for ESI in Holland) - click on this link
For a short overview of the course delegates work (for ESI in Holland) - click on this link.
Course Delivery
The course is delivered by Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still. During the course he will work with your site, events, venues and case studies. He demonstrate the principles and applications of crowd safety and risk analysis for your event, for example, how and when your crowd reaches critical mass, how the effects of design, information and management systems can influence your crowd’s behaviour. These are vital elements to understanding crowd safety and risk analysis at your event.
The course takes the delegates from basic understanding of crowd safety and risk analysis in places of public assembly and works through the principles of major accident and incident causes.
We focus on anticipating and preventing crowd related accidents and incidents in places of public assembly. Keith has consulted on some of the world’s largest, and most challenging crowd safety projects in the world. Click here for the project list. The courses draw on extensive research and application of Crowd Dynamics over the last 30 years.
The text book for the course “Introduction to Crowd Science” is published by Taylor and Francis and avaialble on amazon.
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Course Content
1 Introduction and overview - Lecture/Introductions
During this lecture/discussion session, we introduce the delegates to the principles and applications of crowd science to crowd risk analysis
2 The DIM-ICE risk model
In this lecture, we outline the ways in which design, information and management influences crowd behaviour in the built and complex environment.
3 Crowd dynamics and crowd risks (Static and Moving)
In this lecture, we outline the dynamics of crowds. We focus on risks associated with packing density (static crowds) and moving space requirements for crowd safety. We also outline the formation of “shock waves” in the crowd and how they develop.
In this lecture, we outline the principles of modelling crowds and events. We also highlight the use of models in a control room environment for early indications of potential crowd problems.
The routes, areas, movement of crowds over time and profile of the crowd form the basis of the RAMP analysis modelling technique. This focusses on the crowd dynamics approaching and departing the site. We outline the principles and applications of RAMP analysis in this lecture
We are often asked to verify crowd numbers in city wide events, specifically when organisers claiming over 1,000,000 at events. In this lecture we outline the pro’s and con’s of crowd counting, how to estimate numbers atttending and how to plan the site, the crowd management, your resources and the impact on the transport infrastructure.
Monitoring a crowd and how crowds are influenced by external factors is the focus of this lecture. We highlight the problem of control room perceptions and how to enhance the detection of potential crowd problems in the control room.
9. Introduction to queueing systems
In this lecture, we cover the principles of queueing behaviour, psychology and dynamics. We introduce the delegates to the general queueing model formula for determining queue build up over time. We focus on the balance between crowd safety and crowd security.
10. Risk Analysis
In this lecture, we outline the principles of risk analysis with specific focus on both the public’s perception of risk and the professional perception of risk.
11. Site design considerations
In this lecture, we outline the principles of using a basic connection diagram to assess crowd dynamics within a complex site.
A site example is provided for the delegates to review and analysis using the principles of both crowd dynamics and applying the general queueing formula.
13. Optimising emergency responses
Determining the resources required to provide optimal resource cover for a complex site has proven to be a very effective tool for cost effective site cover. In this lecture, we cover the principles of using connection diagrams to determine optimal, cost effective, resource deployment.
In this lecture, we outline the application of crowd simulations for risk analysis with emphasis on the “good, the bad and the dangerous” use of crowd simulations for major event planning.
Assessing and analysing the effective use of resources, where investment is required, assessing communications and their effectiveness for events and determining key areas of vulnerabilities are covered in this lecture and class exercise.
In this lecture, we cover the human factors during emergency situations with specific focus on behavioural based safety, emergency communications.
18. Course Summary
This is a short talk that covers the key points from the course
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Course Costs
You can book onto a course, as an individual, or we can host a course at your site, click here for further information.
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