Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis Workshop
 

The three day workshop is a combination of theory and practical work. The attendees will be exposed to the four core modelling tools for crowed safety and risk analysis. The tools are the DIM-ICE meta model for events, RAMP analysis, Risk/Congestion mapping and the Decision Support Analysis.

Day 1 - May 16

  1. Introduction to Crowd Risk Analysis - Lecture

    In this lecture we cover the core topics of the workshop materials. We review the differences between a hold and release crowd management and continuous flow system. We outline the DIM-ICE meta model for event analysis and accident causality with focus on shockwaves and progressive crowd collapse.

  2. Static Crowds

    In this lecture we outline the fundamentals of crowd density and crowd safety using a combination of theory and practical examples.

  3. Moving Crowds

    Once the fundamentals of safety and risks to the standing crowds are fully understood we take the attendees into the requirements and risks of the moving crowd using a combination of theory and practical examples.

  4. Handling People with Disabilities:

    This lecture would provide an overview of the current ADA laws and provide some techniques and procedures for assisting people with mobility impairments and other disabilities during routine and emergency crowd movement.

  5. Crowd Modelling for Events

    When modelling events, it is essential to understand the fundamentals of routes, areas, movement and profile. In this lecture, we outline the RAMP Analysis technique to assess the crowd and event dynamics. We highlight the process designing sites that are robust for both normal and emergency situations.

  6. Facilitating Crowd Movement:

    This lecture would provide an overview of the basic staffing requirements for ingress, circulation, egress. This lecture will review the selection, training, and placement of crowd facilitators and provide examples of how to facilitate crowd movement during an evacuation or sheltering operation.

  7. Crowd Risk Analysis

    In this lecture, we highlight the problems with risk analysis, specifically the public and professional perception of risk and how this can lead to problems relating to risk assessment. We outline a process of understanding and communicating the dynamic nature of risk related to crowd safety.

  8. Crowd Monitoring

    In this lecture, we highlight issues related to the use, and reliance, of using CCTV for monitoring crowd risks in places of public assembly.

Day 2 - May 17

  1. Optimizing Resource Location

    To optimize resources on a site/event there is a technique for efficient deployment cost analysis. In this lecture, we outline the technique (network/matrix analysis) which is relatively simple to apply for complex sites.

  2. Event Design Considerations

    In this lecture, we outline practical examples of how to apply key design, information and management criteria for both the fixed (built) and variable (where site changes can be applied) environments.

  3. Issues with Crowd Simulations

    We outline the advantages and disadvantages of using crowd simulations in built and complex environments. We also demonstrate the key issues relating to the practical limits of using crowd simulations for event safety.

  4. Decision Support Analysis

    We demonstrate the development and application of an analysis technique that allows the delegate to understand complex relationships of risk and communication dynamics.

  5. Queueing, Ingress and Egress Considerations

    In this lecture, we focus on the dynamics and behavior of queueing at events for both ingress and egress. We also cover the basics of queueing theory with focus on using design, information and management to influence crowd behavior in queues.

  6. Event Egress

    Delegates are provided with and outline of a major event (50,000 people) that has some site issues. We work through the process of applying the fundamental modelling tools for safety and risk analysis to this example.

  7. Shelter Operations:

    This lecture will use a case study to review the best practices for identifying, rating and provisioning available shelters for large special events. It will provide movement considerations as crowds are moved into, held within, and removed from temporary shelter.

  8. Civil Disobedience / Disturbance:

    This lecture will analyze crowd behavior in the context of disruptive crowds and will provide some strategies for identifying and preventing crowd-related disturbances.

  9. Emergency Evacuation and Crowd Behavior

    An essential element for assessing a safe emergency evacuation from built and complex spaces is to evaluate the human factors and the impact these have on evacuation times. We cover the behavioral aspects of crowd behavior during emergency situations and review how to develop scenario based evacuation strategies.


Day 3 - May 18

  1. Your Case Studies

    In this section of the course, delegates take in their own sites/events/plans and we apply the principles and applications of the tools to their own work.

  2. Delegates Case Studies - Group presentations

    Delegates present their work to the group for feedback/group discussion.