THE NEXT STEPS IN
SAFETYMANAGEMENT
Our offers in the area of safety management for events are aimed at all participants – Permit authorities, Organisers, Planners, Authorities with security tasks (BOS) or Event and Production Agencies etc.
CROWD MANAGEMENT
“Crowd management is the systematic planning and proactive implementation of the spatial organisation of large gatherings of people on the basis of continual monitoring and analysis of human movement and group dynamics with the objective of security, the protection and the preservation of the well being of all those present and participants.” Definition John J. Fruin (1993).
This concerns not only the fulfilment of the official requirements, but human beings and their behaviour are the focus of attention within the planning. Crowd management measures, concepts and security conception are developed accordingly.
Why Crowd Management?
Many educational and training programmes have a technical background (Master of event technology). This training does not include though the central theme of crowd management. Crowd management adopts a systematic and combines mathematical elements, physical aspects psychology and the behaviour of the visitor in order to achieve clear results. Findings from crowd management help to make positive experience with crowds, guarantee security and protection and also to manage risks.
In applying this, partially through the preventative approach, avoiding high crowd density, masses of people can be managed. Crowd management is not only suitable for events but also for any type of gathering of people.
CONTENTS OF CROWD MANAGEMENT:
- Capacity analysis
- Area planning – static and dynamic
- Visitor’s profiles
- Legal bases
- Crowd density
- Visitor’s behaviour
- Communication possibilities
- Design
- Risk management
- What type of crowd psychological or physiological
- Evacuation concepts
VITA
Oliver Kastens is the managing director of KOKO GmbH. He is one of the leading European experts in the field of crowd management and event safety. He works on and establishes new working methods and integrative concepts for large events.
He is a specialist author and published the book “EVENT SECURITY – Handbook for protection at events” in 2013. This work is the guideline for the basic training for security staff at large events.
Oliver Kastens studied “Crowd Safety Management” at the Buckinghamshire New University in the United Kingdom and with this he is one of three German graduates who have an academic title in this field.
- Studied Crowd Safety management, at Buckinghamshire New University, UK graduated with BA (Hons)
- Interdisciplinary basic training in safety at large Events, BASIGO at the state authority for Population protection and catastrophe aid BBK.
- Planning coordinator for event safety, TÜV South
- Professional Certificate in Event Safety & Security management, Buckinghamshire
PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
Apart from the firmly designed seminars we offer various specialist presentations and if you so require mad- to-measure training. These can take place in your company/authority or in our seminar rooms.
→ Further information concerning specialist presentations and seminars
INNOVATIONS
BODYFLAG
This orientation system was developed by us and is used by emergency personnel in order to make visible and find the position of mobile emergency teams at large events.
→ For further information on BODYFLAG.
BARRIER FLAG
This orientation system was developed by us and is used by emergency personnel. It makes it easier for stewards and emergence paramedics to find the entrance to barrier lines in crowded areas.
→ For further information on BarrierFlag
CROWD ASSIMILATION
“Old accepted work methods” are often not expedient to dealing with visitors. The fundamental question we put to ourselves was: “Is it possible to influence crowds with a management concept?”
→ For further Information on Crowd Assimilation
CAB-ANALYSIS
Crowd Area and Behaviour Influence Analysis. The behaviour and influences these areas have on each other.
→ For further Information on CAB-Analysis
HANDBOOK EVENT SECURITY
The first handbook on the work at events and large events- by Oliver Kastens ISBN 978-3-86386-528-3
→ The book can an be purchased through Amazon
or in German book shops
