I recently presented two sessions about parade safety at the Municipal Special Events Summit in Savannah, Georgia. The city is interesting, the conference was organized, and my presentations went well. […]
First Responders
I have recently been immersed in active shooter response training. Two weeks ago, I was a late addition to a panel where the entire conference was devoted to active shooter incidents […]
KC Parade Thoughts
Most of the time, I enjoy doing work that’s relevant to the world we actually live in. But sometimes, like yesterday, it sucks to capture the zeitgeist. As of this writing, […]
Birth Announcement!
I am proud to announce the second American National Standard whose task group I led across the finish line, ANSI ES1.40-2023, Event Security. I’m going to explain the process of […]
Standards
Standards are in the air I breathe. I use safety materials in my work, and I also lead groups creating new standards. I bring this up because in several recent […]
Parade Safety
Since I am leading a new group that will write an American National Standard for parade safety, it was very convenient that the University of Connecticut won the NCAA men’s […]
Let’s Make a New Mistake
I did something dumb the other day. After the inside of our fireplace was re-mortared so we wouldn’t burn down our new house in Connecticut, I decided to paint it […]
Between Ted Lasso and Eeyore
There has been a lot of news coverage regarding changes in event safety practices since the Astroworld Festival one year ago. The media tends to find the usual suspects, either […]
How We Learn
I am dismayed at the news from Indonesia, where current reports indicate that at least 125 people were killed during a fan intrusion of the pitch after a soccer match. […]
A Story One Can Write Today
I was recently contacted by a writer for ABA Journal, the magazine of the American Bar Association. Her assignment is to write a story about the foreseeability of crowd crush […]