Building a Small Town
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Guides
- The Purple Guide (UK)
https://www.thepurpleguide.co.uk/
- The Green Guide (SGSA, UK)
https://sgsa.org.uk/document/greenguide/
- SG03 Event Safety Management (SGSA, UK)
https://sgsa.org.uk/document/sg03-event-safety-management/
- The Event Safety Guide (Event Safety Alliance, US)
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/TheEventSafetyGuide.pdf
- GCMA Field Guide to Crowds
https://thegcma.com/gcmafieldguide
- Event Safety Alliance Canada
https://esacanada.ca/page-1075411
- Prof. G. Keith Still, Introduction to Crowd Science
https://www.routledge.com/Introduction-to-Crowd-Science/Still/p/book/9780367866709
ANSI standards
- ES1.9 Crowd Management
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6154c1e0c2f7b519ccf2e2a9/t/6a84c215753ecb41c8ee4bef/1787085333792/2026-07-27+ANSI+ES1.9+-+2026+Crowd+Management.pdf
- ES1.7 Weather Preparedness
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSIES17-2021SevereWeatherPreparedness.pdf
- ES1.4 Event Fire Safety
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES14-2021-Fire-Safety.pdf
- ES1.6 Event Safety Communications
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES16-2025-Communications.pdf
- ES1.40 Event Safety Security
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSIES140-2023.pdf
- ES1.19 Special Event Structures
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES119-2020-Safety-Requirements-for-Special-Event-Structures.pdf
- ES1.17 Lighting and Electrical Safety
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES117-2025-Event-Safety-Event-Lighting-Electrical-Safety.pdf
- ES1.18 Rigging
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES118-2022-Event-Safety-Rigging.pdf
- ES1.42 Parade Safety
https://eventsafetyalliance.org/s/ANSI-ES142-2025-Parade-Safety.pdf
- E1.21 Temporary Structures for Outdoor Events (ESTA)
https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/docs/ANSI%20E1.21-2023.pdf
Crowds and show stops
- G. Keith Still, crowd density
https://www.gkstill.com/Support/crowd-density/CrowdDensity-1.html
- Show stop procedure (Crowd Safety)
https://crowdsafety.org/services/training/showstop-procedure
Sources
- Hillsborough, 1989 · euronews.com
https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/29/hillsborough-s-97th-victim-dies-32-years-on-from-football-disaster
- The Station nightclub fire, 2003 · nist.gov
https://www.nist.gov/disaster-failure-studies/station-nightclub-fire-2003
- Big Valley Jamboree, 2009 · globalnews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/news/3136555/fatality-inquiry-into-2009-big-valley-jamboree-death-says-standards-needed-for-stages/
- Love Parade, 2010 · thelocal.de
https://www.thelocal.de/20150723/the-duisburg-love-parade-disaster-five-years-on
- Indiana State Fair, 2011 · cbsnews.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/reports-slam-response-to-indiana-state-fair-stage-collapse/
- Pukkelpop, 2011 · vrt.be
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2011/08/19/weather_storm_killsfiveatpukkelpopmusicfestival-1-1090738/
- Astroworld, 2021 · fox26houston.com
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/astroworld-2021-event-plan-didnt-mention-what-to-do-if-there-was-a-crowd-surge-situation
- Crowd density thresholds and body size · gkstill.com
https://www.gkstill.com/CV/PhD/Chapter3.html