Draft Safety

Health and Safety

The objective of these various pages is to provide guidance some basic safety guidance to all event crew. It is likely that some if not most of you will already be aware of information provided from your workplace; however some may not, especially in the context of the event environment.

As a volunteer we understand that your time is precious and we do not expect everyone to read all of PD's safety policies and risk assessments. We do ask that all crew read and comply with the requirements set out in the links under General heading below. For more specialist roles you will find additional information under the relevant heading below.

If you do have any safety concerns please contact:

Safety Specific to Roles

These sections also outline any requirements for due diligence checks (aka checklists and documentation), experience and any qualifications legally required.

Note that you are not permitted to undertake any work in these areas without express permission from the department head.

Construction

• Only volunteers with appropriate experience or qualifications are permitted to be involved in the construction of temporary structures.
• Upon completion of structures the department head must complete a check of safety elements which includes looking for loose items, instability etc.

Driving site vehicles

• Only volunteers with appropriate experience or qualifications are permitted to drive vehicles such as cars (this does not include heavy plant equipment such as CAT etc.)
• Vehicles seat belts, windscreen (check for visibility), lights, wheels and breaks must be checked before use. Damage to any of these items should be reported to the department head and the vehicle not used until repairs are made.
• You must follow traffic safety advice found here <insert traffic page link>

Electrical set up

• Only volunteers with appropriate experience or qualifications are permitted to engage in the setting up of the sites electrics, including the generator.
• You will be required to completed set up check lists at each event. This will include looking for signs of damage, correct set up and safety equipment in place.

Fire marshal

• Only volunteers with appropriate experience or qualifications are permitted to take on the role of fire marshals.
• You will be responsible for fire safety patrols, evacuation of participants and tackling small fires to facilitate evacuations.
• You will be required to completed set up check lists at each event to ensure all equipment is in place. This will include looking for signs of damage, correct set up and safety equipment is in place.

Food safety (Welfare)

Volunteers must be trained in food safety to at least a level 2 standard so that they can safely handle and monitor;

• Food deliveries
• Food storage
• Food cooking
• Allergen safety

A copy of Profound Decisions food policy can be found here.

You will need to trained separately on maintaining food safety records which will include;

• Deliveries
• Storage including fridge temperatures
• Cooking

Make up and Costuming SFX

Only volunteers with appropriate experience may take on this role.

You will be required to maintain safe standards including:

• Cleaning of equipment before and after use
• Checking with NPC's for allergies before applying make up, and selecting a safe product
• Ensuring skin tests are complete before applying make up
• Maintaining a tidy space to avoid leaks and spills

Information for public wiki reorganised and consolidated

To do:

Rename Event Safety - Combat safety

Link the fire safety page - Note for RobW that it may need expanding to be inline with policy - think Gas and assembly points for various parts of site.

Add a page for Traffic Safety and vehicles - small page about speed, site vehicles etc.

Link from the safety page to Children as it includes safety information - does not need any rewrite - just makes it more clear there is safety information there too.

Add a page about Outdoors - this will be the page that the crew link goes to. Ensure it's name correctly for public use and covers all participants - camping, heat and hold, wet etc. footing etc.

Add a page on Terrorism for players - Information regarding PD's plan in the event of a terrorist attack. Mostly that crew have been given information and there is a plan in place. Follow the instructions of crew members where given. Also - RUN HIDE TELL