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Crowd Safety
Stephen EyreLicensing Team Leader
North West Leicestershire District Council
Recent Event Fatalities
Escalator Incident in Japan
ICE ?
Ingress Profile at Wembley Stadium
Area of Event
Area A = 4300 Sq mArea B = 10320 Sq mArea C = 2730 Sq mArea D = 350 Sq mTotal Area Less Stage and Back Stage = 15,000 Square metres
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.
Site Evacuation
• Massive thunder storm• Credible bomb threat• How do 20,000 people leave the site
safely and quickly?
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 siteIs that too long?!!!
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
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