Open-Air-Events-and-Venues-NI-Fire-Safety-Guide-Final-Draft-from ...

IntroductionWHo SHould uSe tHIS guIde?This guide is for all employers, managers, organisers of events, occupiers, and owners ofopen air events and venues. It tells you what you have to do to comply with fire safety law,helps you to carry out a fire risk assessment and identify the general fire precautions youneed to have in place.This guide is intended for open air events, and venues, such as• theme parks,• zoos,• music concerts and festivals,• sporting events,• race meetings,• fairgrounds,• street festivals,• religious festivals,• balloon festivals,• car-boot sales,• county fairs, and• other similar events.This guide does not cover sports stadia, permanent buildings or structures, large temporarystructures and air-supported structures. Where your event or venue includes the use ofthese, reference should be made to the appropriate guides in this series (see back cover forother guides in this series).The guide has been written to provide guidance for an appropriate person to help them tocarry out a fire risk assessment of less complex open air events or venues. If you read theguide and decide that you are unable to apply the guidance, then you should seek advicefrom a competent person.3