Referencing - Working With Crowds

There always comes a time when we need to find that one piece of information that is vital to us. Be it guidance, laws, regulations or developments in the field. We will look to share the links to these here.

United Kingdom

Referencing to assist crowd safety managers in relation to events within the United kingdom. We have gathered together relevant referencing material to assist your planning and research.

Australia

Welcome to the area of our site dedicated to Australia, and its territories. For those not familiar with Australia, it is hard to appreciate the size of the continent. Just like the size of the country,

Canada

Referencing to assist crowd safety managers in relation to events within the Canada. We have gathered together relevant referencing material to assist your planning and research.

United States of America

Referencing to assist crowd safety managers in relation to events within the USA. We have gathered together relevant referencing material to assist your planning and research.

France

Référencement pour assister les responsables de la sécurité des foules dans le cadre d’événements au Royaume-Uni. Nous avons rassemblé du matériel de référence pertinent pour vous aider dans votre planification et votre recherche.

Netherlands

Verwijzingen om crowd safety managers te helpen bij evenementen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. We hebben relevant referentiemateriaal verzameld om u te helpen bij uw planning en onderzoek.

Spain

Referencia para ayudar a los gerentes de seguridad de multitudes en relación con eventos dentro del Reino Unido. Hemos reunido material de referencia relevante para ayudarlo en su planificación e investigación.

Global

Being UK based, out initial focus will be on UK guidance. We are looking to add as much content as possible, so please email us any links or guidance from around the globe and we will look to get it added.

Contact

workingwithcrowds@gmail.com

Various

Referencing to assist crowd safety managers in relation to events. We have gathered together relevant referencing material to assist your planning and research.

Page 1 Various, Page 2 Crowd Psychology, Page 3 Crowd Dynamics, Page 4 Evacuation Planning, Page 5 Online Journal (JCSSM)

Website

With the amount of information amount on the web, it is hard to see the trees for the forest. We will add useful referencing websites that we have found in relation to crowd safety management, experts or equipment.

Subject
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Behavioural Detection

Behavioural Detection at Events- In the UK, the development of behavioural detection within events has been brought to fruition due to the continued threat of a terror attack. A service that was provided by trained police officers, the acceptance that private security providers will now play a role in this is common.

Crowd Psychology

To participate in crowd management, a basic understanding of crowds is required. This is not just the maths and physics of crowd movement and density; this is only half the story. How a crowd thinks, bond, understand and interact is the other half. By ignoring this part of understanding crowds can lead to failures and in some cases death. Let us introduce you to some resources to peak your interest and hopefully lead you to explore this fascinating area. This is only the tip of the iceberg.

Compression Asphyxia

In fatal crowd disasters, compressive asphyxia from being crushed against the crowd or fixtures, causes a high number of deaths, rather than blunt trauma from trampling

Learning

Video Library

Links to videos from crowd incidents

Training Videos

The following training videos have been created to gain a fuller understanding of crowds and interaction with them. Due to the limitation of this site, we have uploaded the videos on to YouTube and have posted links to these videos on this page. A description of the methods used will also be provided.

Training Course Material

Over the years crowd safety has improved to levels that have never been seen before. We have training courses in safety, security, customers service and understanding crowds. This has been widely embraced by established company’s that have been part of the creation.

It is our wish to assist others that have not had the means or the ability to gain access to these courses to achieve this. Where possible we will supply course material that is free to use and relevant to the subject. This material is constructed fro open source material and teachings of professionals in their fields.

Education and Courses

A list of courses available within the United Kingdom in realation for crowd safety

One Week

One a week We Have added a new page to our site, One a week. In this we add an academic paper or article that we think you may be interested in reading. With the aim to introduce you to new concept or ways of thinking our to confirm what you already believed.