Taken from the Green Guide:
- Responsibility for the safety of spectators lies at all times with the ground management. The management will normally be either the owner or lessee of the ground, who may not necessarily be the promoter of the event.
- Ground management has the responsibility for ensuring that all safety personnel whether in-house or provided under contract are competent and, where not already qualified, have received sufficient training to carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned to them.
Watson Associates have developed The Spectator Safety Management Program to assist venue safety/security/operation managers to develop best practices in safety management. It is designed to review current guidance documentation on venue safety and customer safety awareness through a robust audit trail, and trained competent event staff, with a specific emphasis on the North American market.
New one day workshop available now for Safety Advisory Group Members and Safety Officers to cover the essentials of safety certificates, including calculating and assessing the P & S Factors
