Free Custom «Spring Concerts» Essay Paper

Spring concerts provide college and university students a perfect opportunity to unwind, have fun, mingle and shake off stress from strenuous study activities. However, there are potential risks associated with every concert. The organizing committee must analyze all the risks the event is bound to attract and come up with ways of dealing with each one of them.

Security: Contingent measures should be put in place such as having a police team, medical and ambulances at standby just in case there is a need to quickly get into the crowd. Security personnel are supposed to have specially marked clothing. They should be provided with communication gadgets.

Venue design: Organizers should consider crowd dynamics by erecting a performance stage leaving enough leeway between the crowd and performance. The stadium should be inspected in advance.

Support staff: These should be hired preferably from security companies as they are well versed in crowd control and management. Regular staff with no prior training should be briefed beforehand about their roles.

The following are the potential risks associated with the XSU Spring Concert scheduled to be held at Wahoo Stadium:-

1. Concert violence
2. Fire
3. Excessive consumption of alcohol
4. Use of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin and cannabis
5. Criminal activities

Risk Assessment Form

Risk Event	Likelihood	Impact	Detection Difficulty	When
Concert violence	5	5	5	Concert in progress End of concert
Fire	3	4	3	Start-up
Excessive consumption of alcohol	5	5	5	Before start During concert
Drug and substance abuse	4	3	3	During concert
Crime	5	5	4	During concert After concert

Risk response matrix

Risk event	Response	Contingency plan	Trigger	Person responsible
Concert violence	Reduce	Hire more security staff Have the security team stand at vantage points	Pushing and shoving Reckless throwing of objects at each other	X
Fire	Prevent	Fire drills for support staff Mark fire exit routes Have smoke detectors Hire medical teams	Fire alarm	Y
Excessive consumption of alcohol	Reduce	Regulate bar opening and closing hours	High depletion of beer stocks	Z
Drug and substance abuse	Prevent	Increased vigilance from support staff	Irrational crowd behavior	A
Crime	Prevent	Request for police presence	Unusual and suspect movements	B