Evacuation Planning Guide for Stadiums
Evacuation Planning Guide for Stadiums
Evacuation Planning Guide for Stadiums
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Considerations<br />
• How will spectators’ participants’ VIPs’, and per<strong>for</strong>mers’ movement into, within,<br />
and outside of the stadium be controlled during the evacuation?<br />
• How will individuals that elect not to evacuate, or are impeding the evacuation<br />
process be managed during an evacuation?<br />
• How is evacuation plan in<strong>for</strong>mation provided to spectators, particpants, VIPs, and<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mers prior to and during the event?<br />
Supporting Actions<br />
• Determine procedures <strong>for</strong> controlling spectators, participants, competitors and<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mers and ensuring their safe and proper egress from the stadium.<br />
• Brief all appropriate teams, officals, league representatives, per<strong>for</strong>mers’<br />
representatives, VIPs, and promoters on emergency and evacuation procedures.<br />
Identify proposed evacuation routes <strong>for</strong> familiarity.<br />
• Determine what happens to personal property left in the stadium during an<br />
evacuation.<br />
• Determine what in<strong>for</strong>mation will be provided to the stadium spectators and<br />
participants once the evacuation is implemented.<br />
• As part of the statement of liability, include provisions <strong>for</strong> actions to be taken in<br />
the event of non-compliant spectators.<br />
• Establish re-unification points <strong>for</strong> evacuees to bring families and groups together<br />
that may have been separated during the evacuation. Provide re-unification points<br />
<strong>for</strong> participants in order to account <strong>for</strong> personnel during the post incident<br />
activities.<br />
3.3 Post-Incident Activities<br />
The following questions <strong>for</strong> Consideration and Supporting Actions statements are useful<br />
in addressing the decision to terminate the evacuation, the deactivation of the evacuation<br />
process, and post evacuation review.<br />
3.3.1 Termination of the <strong>Evacuation</strong><br />
The following questions <strong>for</strong> Consideration and Supporting Actions statements are useful<br />
in terminating the evacuation.<br />
Considerations<br />
• What are the criteria <strong>for</strong> terminating an evacuation?<br />
• Who makes the decision to terminate the evacuation?<br />
• How will the stadium spectators and participants be made aware of the end of the<br />
evacuation?<br />
• Who makes the decision to allow spectators and participants to re-enter the<br />
stadium? What plans are in place <strong>for</strong> this?<br />
<strong>Evacuation</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Stadiums</strong> 27
Change language