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Event risk management and safety / Peter E. Tarlow.

By: Tarlow, Peter E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Wiley event management series.Publisher: New York : J. Wiley, c2002Description: xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0471401684 ; 9780471401681.Subject(s): Special events -- Management | Risk management | Management decision making | Cookery / food & drink etc | Hospitality & service industries | Health & safety issues | Customs and FolkloreDDC classification: 394.2068 | 394.2 TAR
Contents:
Risk management : an applied and theoretical sociological perspective -- Risk assessment -- Alcohol and events -- Crowd control -- Emergencies -- Critical issues for event safety -- Outdoor events : stage safety, pyrotechnics, parades, and demonstrations -- Tomorrow's event risk management.
Summary: The collapse of the bonfire tower at Texas A&M, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic each year. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, and in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 394.2068 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00079910
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 394.2 TAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000534473
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Rowdy guests at a festival or convention, a riot at a sport event, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic - each year, thousands of accidents resulting in injury, death, and significant financial loss occur at events. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index.

Risk management : an applied and theoretical sociological perspective -- Risk assessment -- Alcohol and events -- Crowd control -- Emergencies -- Critical issues for event safety -- Outdoor events : stage safety, pyrotechnics, parades, and demonstrations -- Tomorrow's event risk management.

The collapse of the bonfire tower at Texas A&M, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic each year. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, and in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xv)
  • Chapter 1 Risk Management: An Applied and Theoretical Sociological Perspective (p. 1)
  • Chapter 2 Risk Assessment (p. 29)
  • Chapter 3 Alcohol and Events (p. 61)
  • Chapter 4 Crowd Control (p. 85)
  • Chapter 5 Emergencies (p. 111)
  • Chapter 6 Critical Issues for Event Safety (p. 141)
  • Chapter 7 Outdoor Events: Stage Safety, Pyrotechnics, Parades, and Demonstrations (p. 169)
  • Chapter 8 Tomorrow's Event Risk Management (p. 201)
  • Appendix 1 Web Resources (p. 233)
  • Appendix 2 Alcohol and Beverage Commission Addresses and Telephone/Fax Numbers by State (p. 239)
  • Appendix 3 Organizations for Event Risk Managers (p. 247)
  • Appendix 4 References (p. 249)
  • Appendix 5 Glossary of Pyrotechnic Terms (p. 257)
  • Index (p. 263)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter E. Tarlow, PhD, is President of Tourism More, a consulting company that advises on safety and risk management for clients such as the U.S. government, governments in Europe and Latin America, state and local municipalities, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation