Crowd Safety

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Crowd Safety

• Stephen Eyre
• Licensing Team Leader
• North West Leicestershire District Council

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Recent Event Fatalities
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Escalator Incident in Japan
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ICE ?
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Ingress Profile at Wembley Stadium
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Area of Event

• Area A 4300 Sq m
• Area B 10320 Sq m
• Area C 2730 Sq m
• Area D 350 Sq m
• Total Area Less Stage and Back Stage
• 15,000 Square metres

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Event Capacity

• If the event capacity was set at 15,000 people it
  would represent a quite comfortable 1 person per
  square metre.
• At a capacity of 45,000 it represents a not
  wholly claustrophobic 3 people per square metre.

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Site Evacuation

• Massive thunder storm
• Credible bomb threat
• How do 20,000 people leave the site safely and
  quickly?

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Site Evacuation

• The yellow line represents the only means of
  egress 25 exit turnstiles.
• 20 people per minute can leave using the
  turnstiles.
• 500 people per minute in total
• 20 minutes to clear the site
• Is that too long?!!!

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And Finally.!

• Thanks to Professor Keith Still at New Bucks
  University for the use of his slides today.
• If you want to know more please go to
  www.safercrowds.com