Crowd Safety Workshops with Eric Stuart

9:00 AM Nov 25 - 4:30 PM Nov 26, 2019

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The world can be a dangerous place, even when people gather together to have a good time at sporting events, concerts, festivals, shows and parades. If your work involves large groups of people, you need to know how to keep those crowds safe.

In response to requests for a more in-depth look at crowd safety, we have invited our expert, Eric Stuart, to present his two-day Crowd Safety Workshop - Combining Math, Physics, Psychology and Behaviors to Achieve Safe Outcomes. The aim is to provide an understanding of these four aspects of basic crowd safety, and to provide techniques to plan and manage safe pedestrian flows in crowded places during all phases of an event including emergencies.
 
Objectives: By the end of the workshop you should be able to:

  • Understand the main risks in managing crowds.
  • Understand the differences between crowd management and crowd control.
  • Describe the phases of crowds and their psychology.
  • Conduct calculations for flow rates and density for people in crowded places.
  • Identify crowd behaviours in emergency situations and how to manage them.
  • Understand how to use non-computer models to plan for crowds.
  • Understand human behaviors that affect crowds: Route Modeling, Normalcy Bias, Dread Theory, De-individuation and the RAS

 
PLEASE NOTE: Class sizes are limited to ensure an optimal learning experience.
 

Register now here
Get yours while they are still available!
 
 
DATES : Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26
TIME : 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day
LOCATION : Brampton Fire and Emergency Services (129 Glidden Road, Brampton, ON)
 
Early Bird: Register until September 6 - $299 (+fee and HST)
Regular: Register from September 7 to November 15, 2019 - $329 (+fee and HST)

NOTE: A second course is tentatively planned for Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, pending venue confirmation.