11-08-10
Peter Thomassen
Head of Stage Safety Coordination
Health & Safety Development
Over the last decade+…
A city with 110,000 citizens appears, A city with 110,000 citizens appears, exists for 8 days and then disappears exists for 8 days and then disappears
again!again!
We start with bare grass and 25,000 volunteers
The Purpose of The Roskilde
Festival Charity Society
“The purpose of The Roskilde Festival Charity Society is to support
initiatives in favour of children and young people and to support
humanitarian,
other common beneficial, of public utility and cultural work. The
Roskilde
Festival Charity Society’s work is independent of party politics and
has no
SAFETY
� Before 2000
� 2000
� 2001-2010
Before 2000
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2000
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The accident
� Very local
� An unfortunate coincidence of several factors
� Caused serious impact, not only to the festival,
but the entire industry and society as a whole.but the entire industry and society as a whole.
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Operational Structure
Security manager
Security manager ass.
Pit supervisorsPit supervisors
Mobile teams
Spotters
Security office (CCTV)
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NO
CROWDSURFING
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CROWDSURFING
PLEASE
Control Center
� Operation manager Roskilde Festival
� Police
� Fire marshall*
� First Aid Coordinator
� Chief Doctor
� Coordinator Security
� Coordinator Social Workers
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Extract from the Authorities permission:
Roskilde Festival must prepare a risk assessment
for all activities in connection with the
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for all activities in connection with the
Arrangement, including a description of the
security measures, that will be implemented to
address the risks described in the following
areas...
Extract from the Authorities permission:
All stage areas of playing music
Access to the place of the festival
Checking in place of the festival
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Checking in place of the festival
Play areas and technical devices
•When a threat is identified, there will be an assessment of the probability of its occurrence and an assessment of the
Risk Assessment
occurrence and an assessment of the ensuing impact.
Likelihood:
Likely
Severity:
CatastrophicMajor
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LikelyPossibleUnlikelyVery Unlikely
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MajorSignificantMinorNegligible
Likely Possible UnlikelyVery
Unlikely
Catastrophic A A B *
Major A B C *
B C D *
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Significant B C D *
Minor C D * *
Negligible * * * *
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A.Unacceptable
B.High Risk
C.Medium Risk
D.Low Risk
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2006
�Festival 2007, Rain ...Again
�Operational Structure
Tower manager
Tower manager ass.
Mobile teams
SpottersFirst aid teams
Service crew
Board of directors
Section LeaderSecurity, Health & safety
Coordinator, Security, Health & safety - Stages
Head of Security, Orange Stage
Strategic - &
Tactical Planning
Coordinator, Security,
Health & safety - Camping & Access
Coordinator Control center
Head of Security, Orange Stage
Head of Security, Arena Stage
Coordinator Medic care
48/47Esben Danielsen
2009
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