The Event Safety Podcast

In this episode we continue our conversation on accessibility at live events by addressing several specific issues, including service animals, emergency procedures for those with mobility devices, and what you can legally ask of a guest requesting special assistance. Featuring Nanette Odell (Disability Services Manager/ADA Coordinator, Talking Stick Resort Arena and Chase Field), Betty Siegel (Director of VSA & Accessibility, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Danielle Hernandez

In this episode we look at the difficult and often confusing issue of accessibility and providing safe accommodation at live events. Featuring Nanette Odell (Disability Services Manager/ADA Coordinator, Talking Stick Resort Arena and Chase Field), Betty Siegel (Director of VSA & Accessibility, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Danielle Hernandez (Director, McAlister Auditorium at Furman University), and Eric Colby (Performance Manager, Metropolitan Opera House).

In part two of our podcast series on severe weather planning we take a look at the history, components, and construction of severe weather trigger charts and how they

In this episode we look at several aspects of severe weather planning, including the limitations of consumer weather apps, the importance of meteorological support, and when it’s ok to diverge from your carefully-developed weather action plans. Featuring Dr. Kevin Kloesel (University of Oklahoma), Dax Cochran (DTN Weatherops), Jim Digby (Event Safety Alliance), and Steven Adelman (Event Safety Alliance).

In this episode we look at the art and science of crowd safety with Eric Stuart, Director of Gentian Events and newly-appointed Chair of the UK Crowd Managers Association.

In this episode, we look at internal and external options for reporting unsafe conditions or behaviors, as well concept of an internal responsibility system. Featuring Dr. Donald Cooper (Event Safety Alliance), Janet Sellery (Sellery Health and Safety/ESA Canada), and Tim Roberts (The Event Safety Shop).

In this episode, ESA President Jim Digby joins Janet Sellery (Sellery Health and Safety/ESA Canada), Ethan Gilson (Entertainment Rigging Services), and ESA Vice President Steve Adelman for a discussion on the coroner’s inquest into the 2012 Toronto stage roof collapse, the recent fatal fall on the Coachella event site, and the ESA’s evolving approach to safety advocacy in the face of continued losses.

In our first episode, Danielle Hernandez (Furman University), Eric Colby (Metropolitan Opera House) and ESA Vice President Steve Adelman discuss a crowd panic situation at a recent performance of Hamilton in San Francisco, and what venue professionals can do to prevent and respond to similar situations.