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HumanBehaviourinEmergencyCondi4onsPresentedbySteveAllenFdAMIFireEFIIRSMMIFSM
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SteveAllenFdAMIFireEFIIRSMMIFSM
• 25YearsCrowdandEventSafetyExperience‘NormalandEmergency’
• DegreeCrowdandSafetyManagement
• CharteredHealthandSafetyConsultant
• OccupaFonalSafetyandHealthConsultantsRegister–RegisteredConsultant
• CharteredFireSafetyConsultant
• FormerRoyalNavyFire-Fighter
• FormerDirectorofSecurityandSafety:Oasis,Eminem,RedHotChiliPeppers,Kasabian,RollingStones(UKOnly),BeasKeBoys,LedZeppelin,Shakira,Stereophonics,DixieChicks,BeadyEye,LionelRichie
• RetailSector,VariousEvents,Venues,StudentUnions,GradBalls,FesFval’sandotherMajorEventsworldwideincludingWorldTitleBoxing,Motorsports,RoyalEvents,FireworksandeventsofnaFonalsignificantimportance
• VirginGroup–EventSafetyConsultant
• Purple/MauveGuide–AcknowledgedContributor
• AustralianlivePerformance–AuthoroftheAudienceSafetyChapter
• EventWorkingPartyforUSTechnicalStandardsversionofthePurpleGuide
• ManagingCrowdsSafely(HSG154)–Reviewed2016forUKCMA
• Pioneerofthe“ShowstopProcedure”(UsedgloballyandrecognisedbyHSE)
• ConsultantnaFonallyandworldwideforeventsafety/security,crowdmanagementandFireSafety
• FireRiskAssessorforleisure,eventandretailsectors
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Showstop
• EmergencycondiKonsataneventcanoccuratwithoutanynoKce,thoughother’scanbedeemedasforeseeable.
• TheShowstopProcedureservestofocustheaudience,reducethelikelihoodofinjuryandpre-movementKmeintheeventofanevacuaKon.
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TerrorismCrowdedSpaces
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SomeCrowdDisasterslast6years
• 2016:-50–600DeadStampedeEthiopia
• 2015:-2442Dead&1028injured
• 2014:-106Dead&262Injured
• 2013:-470Dead&757injured
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WitnessQuote-Hillsborough• I had no choice in the matter, I just
got carried along with it .. and where I ended up I ended up…..there was no choice, well, you know, ‘right, I’m gonna stand over there’….. you had no choice. You went where the crowd took you.. as everybody else did .. it was that scary, it was terrifying, but as I said once blind panic has set in, I I would think that was that was the main part, everyone really panicked, sheer panic, the police panicked, the crowd panicked, everyone panicked……..
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Whydocrowdcrusheshappen?
• WearetryingtoservicemorepeopleinlessFme….
• Toomanypeopleintoolihlespace
• Bohlenecks• PoorPlanning/LackofTraining• PoorDesign• InformaFon
• Management
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PrimaryInfluencer’s
• Design–Barriertypes,eventfootprint,sitecapacity,ingress/egressflowrates,areaanddensity,anydelaysaroundthesite(toilets/bars/merchandising/amusementsetc)
• Informa4on–AdvanceinformaKon,Signage,communicaKonsystems,VMS,websites,socialmedia,rumour’s
• Management–Processes,planning,communicaKons,protocols,chainofcommand,briefings,redflagindicators(normalandemergency),competencyofplanners,assessorsandcriKcaldecisionmakers…
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InformaFonDelivery
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3PrimaryReasonstoprevent
• Moral
• Legal
• Financial
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ManchesterUnitedEvacuaFon
• TheblunderissettocostManchesterUnited£3millionasitisforcedtoshellouttodisappointedfans.
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The biggest risks of all are….
People!!!
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CrowdDensity-FluidMoFon
• Whencrowdsarelessdenselypacked,lessthan4people/persquaremeter,theyhaveKmetomakedecisions,theydonothaveinvoluntarymovementasone,almostlikeafluid…..
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CrowdDensityConsideraFons…
• Mostcrowdrelatedissuesarebasedupontoomanypeopleintooli`lespace…..
• Bohlenecks• Anthropometry• Bulkybags• Coats• Pushchairs/Prams• Wheelchairs• Peoplelayingdown• Furniture/SeaFngTables
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CrowdDensity
• Densitycanbedescribedasthenumberofpeopleinaprescribedspace.
• Forexample2Persons/persquaremetre
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AddiFonalFactors
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5Persons/persquaremetre
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IndividualsDensityPercepFon
• TherelaFonshipwiththepeopleinvolved
• TheduraFonoftheexperience
• Thephysicalcontextoftheexperience
• Themeaningoftheexperience
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SpaFalandSocialDensity
Spa4alDensity
• Thesamenumberofpeoplebutthespacealters…
SocialDensity
• Occurswhenthenumberofpeoplealters,butthespaceremainsthesame….
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CrowdDensity–SocialDensity
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CrowdDensityDemonstraFon
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Maledominatedcrowds
• MaledominatedcrowdshaveagreaterpotenKaltobehaveinamoreaggressivemannerincomparisontofemaledominatedcrowdswithahighproporKonoffamilygroups….
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EgressandDispersal
• Crowds’egressenmasse,innormalandemergencycondiFons.
• OunlowmustnotbeobstructedandneedssufficientSPACEtopreventanyblockageswhichwouldincreasedensityandandsafetyconsideraFonsfurther.
• Considerwherepersonsaredispersingtoo…
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FlowRateConsideraFon’s
• UniFlow
• BiDirecFonalFlow
• MulFFlow
• Ounlow
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Perception of Risk
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The Crowds’ Expectation’s
• If we were to split crowds into two groups, we could perhaps suggest that they were in fact:
– Compliant
– Non Compliant
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BradfordFireOverview(32yrsago)
• May1985
• BradfordCityvLincoln• 56Killed• Over265Injuries• Fanshadtobreakdownlockedexitstoescape
• ManyreceivedpolicecommendaFonsforbravery
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SummerlandLeisureCentre1973• Circa53deaths
• Startedby3youngboyssmoking
• LockedFireExits
• CrowdCrushatmainentrance
• ChildrenacKviKes1stFloor
• Parentswentupstairstocollectchildren
• ChangestobuildinglegislaKonpostthisincident
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SocialMedia–15minsoffame
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Pre - Movement Time
• The time taken from the embryonic phase of an incident…
• Through to detection
• Response to the incident
• Movement of the crowd to a Place of Safety (pre-determined)
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Extended Pre-Movement time can lead to
• The loss of life
• Catastrophic brand damage,
• International condemnation
• Media onslaught
• Loss of Liberty
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Sime’sGeneralRule25-50-25
• 25%MoveCloser
• 50%Stayput
• 25%Movetoexits
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StaFonNightclubFire-2003
• 100Died
• 232Injuries
• Cause–IndoorPyro
• FlammableSoundproofing
• ThisincidentestablishednewstandardsacrosstheUSA
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HerdingBehaviour
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NextImageisGraphic….
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HerdingBehaviourinEmergency
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ArchingEffectFranciscoEnrique
• Bohlenecks
• Archingeffectascrowdstrytoflowthroughanarrowpoint
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ConsideraFons
• 9outof10peoplewillleavethewaytheyentered
• Familiesandgroupswillleavetogether
• ChildrenacFviFesshouldbeposiFonedatstreetlevelwherepossible
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Panic-RealityorMyth
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Panic-Suddenuncontrollablefearoranxiety,ocencausingwildlyunthinkingbehaviour….
Source:OxfordDicKonary
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3-TypesofsituaFons
• Tangible
• Intangible
• Rumour
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Rumour
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ThinkPoint…
• Atgroundlevel,crowdscannotseebeyondafewmetre’sinfrontoftheirposiKon….
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RomanianFire–ColecFvClub
• 27pluskilled• VictorLonescu,whowasatthe
clubwithhisgirlfriend,paintedagraphicpictureoftheconfusionandpanicasthefiresweptthroughthebuilding.
• “PeoplewerefainKngfromthesmoke.Itwastotalchaos,peopleweretramplingoneachother”hesaid
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EvacuaFon
• HumanResponse
• PeerPressure• StaffResponse• PerformerResponse
• Obstacles• Possessions• FriendsandFamily
• InvacuaFon?????
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7/7BombingsLondon
• Manyreportsofpanicandfearfromindividualsthatwerethere…
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Panic–Wasnotrecordedatthese
• BradfordFire1985• KingsCrossFire1987• Hillsborough1989• 911WTC
• TheproblemispeopleocennottakingthesituaKonasseriouslyasitactuallyis…
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SoluFons
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SystemWideApproach
• Ifsafetyandsuccessaretobemaximised,thewholesystem,includingindividualworkers,contractors,technology,audience,processes,designsetc,shouldbeconsideredasasinglesystem…Hendrick1997
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EmergencyPlan&CrowdRA
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KeyConsideraFons
• ConductevacuaKon/invacuaKonanalysis• IdenKfyyourcrowddemographic
• RecognisetheInterpretaKon,preperaKonandacKon(pre-movement)Kme
• ProvideclearandaccurateinformaKonduringtheemergency.
• RecogniseCrowdswillwanttousefamiliarroutes
• Understandthatcrowdswillwanttogroupwithfamily/friends
• Considerthedispersalarrangements
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BriefingsandTraining
• OnInducFon• Regularrefreshertraining
• Asanynewthreats/informaFoncometolight
• Intheeventofanyworksbeingcarriedoutatyoursite
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RolesandResponsibiliFes
• Clearlydefinedroles
• StafffullyawareofwhoisulFmatelyresponsible
• OrganisaFonawareoftheramificaFonsoftheeventgoingwrong
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“WhatIf”Scenarios
Thefullscopeof“whatif”scenariostoidenFfypotenFalproblemsandtestoutthesuitabilityandsufficiencyoftheplansinplace.
AwiderangeofscenariosshouldbetestednotonlyforterrorismbutalsolessdramaFcsuchastriphazards,bohlenecks,technologyfailiure’s,weatherandevennaturaldisaster’s.
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Thankyou
PresentedbySteveAllenFdAMIFireEFIIRSMMIFSM
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