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The Event Safety Alliance, Donald C. Cooper, Editor. The Event Safety Guide: A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. www.skyhorsepublishing.com.Everyone agrees there have been too many accidents at live concert events in recent years. One of the most notable accidents we have on record is the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston which resulted in the death of over four hundred patrons due to decorations catching fire after a waiter lit a match and dropped it. Unfortunately this trend has continued with the 2003 Great White fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island, which claimed the lives of more than one hundred people due to poor choices by the crew and venue management, and it hasn't stopped. These horrific accidents are sometimes associated with the band performing at the time; however, those organizations were not completely at fault. These accidents could have been prevented and yet they were not, due to uninformed decision-making and the lack of established safety guidelines and protocols for live events. The promoter, event planner, venue manager, production team as well as band members either work together or against each other to create a live event. How these constituents interact will determine the level of safety provided to the patrons.The Event Safety Guide: A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States, created by the Event Safety Alliance (ESA), addresses the lack of safety protocols for live events. For those students entering college with dreams of going on the road, managing a band, or becoming a tech at a house of worship, the information presented in this guide is necessary for their careers. Students are focused on how to make their dreams of being in the music industry a reality and not necessarily how to keep themselves and those around them safe in the process. The guide is divided into four major sections beginning with concepts pertaining to all live events, patron needs and experiences, protecting workers and the venue, and concludes with managing the show (p. 1). In the Planning and Management chapter, it describes how to coordinate with local authorities and the consideration needed for how the event may affect the larger community support systems. For example, the type of event and number of attendees is explained in detail. It also breaks down an event into three phases: pre-production, production, and postproduction, and details how to prepare for each of them. In Chapter 4 the ESA addresses the subject of fire safety in depth. Classifications of fires are defined as well as the designation symbol associated with them (p. 45). The ESA also describes which type of fire could happen in specific venues and what chemicals could be the potential culprit. Most importantly the acronym for operating a fire extinguisher, "PASS", is reviewed here as well. This information is most important for students, as they may not have reviewed fire safety information since childhood education.Section two (chapters 9 through 14) focuses on crowd management at live events. Chapters 10 and 11 discuss federal regulations when planning events with children and individuals with special needs. This information is helpful because it brings together in one place ideas of how to properly address the needs of distinct groups of people. Simple direction and understanding in the preplanning stages such as those suggested here make all the difference. Chapter 12 examines transportation of patrons and parking related concerns such as pedestrians and building temporary roadways. Table 14.1 on page 157 provides details for the number of people per day and the number of hours per day on site to calculate the number of portable restrooms required. Even if event planners do not quite hit the mark there is a standard for what will meet the needs of attendees and workers. These topics to my knowledge are not discussed in a standardized college curriculum. …

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The Event Safety Alliance, Donald C. Cooper, Editor. The Event Safety Guide: A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States