Risk Management Of High Profile Public Events Tour

Risk Management Of High Profile Public Events Tour de France Stage 1 – Canterbury Finish 8 July 2007

Tour De France Stage 1 Objectives

Tour De France Stage 1 Strategic Risks

Tour De France Stage 1 Contractual Relationships Transport For London Amaury Sport Organisation Opening Ceremony 6 July 2007 Prologue Stage 7 July 2007 First Stage 8 July 2007 Tour De France Organisers The Race Innovision Event Organisers (London) Medway Council Kent County Council Canterbury City Council The Route Crowd Management (Route) Finish Zone Canterbury High School The Permanence Pennine Events Crowd Management (Route)

Tour De France Stage 1 Partners Key Partners Other Partners Stakeholders Kent Highways Transport For London Innovision ASO Police British Transport Police Fire & Rescue Ambulance Service Kent & Canterbury Hospital NHS Social Services Pennine Events Mid Kent Water Transco Canterbury High School Suppliers Elected Members Residents Local Business Funding Partners Sponsors

Tour De France Stage 1 8 July 2007

Tour De France Stage 1 Managing Risk The Key Decisions

Tour De France Stage 1 CCC Planning Groups The Finish Line Planning Group AKA – The Bronze Group The Safety Group The Supports Events Group Commercial Health Manager Project Leader Project Manager Events Manager Health & Safety Officer Risk Management Officer Procurement Officer The Stakeholder Group

Tour De France Stage 1 Working with Partners

Tour De France Stage 1 Risk Assessments

Tour De France Stage 1 Emergency Planning

Contingency Risks • • • Threatened Terrorist Attack Actual Terrorist Attack (conventional) CBRN Terrorist Attack Gas Leak Gas Explosion Grand Stand collapse Major Fire (near the race route) Air Crash Excessive Heat Overcrowding

Tour De France Stage 1 The Day

Tour De France Stage 1 The Outcomes

Outcomes – Countywide • Watched by an estimated two million people along the route • £ 37 million income boost for Kent business (KCC estimate) • Ambulance response times maintained

Outcomes - Canterbury • 81% of residents felt the Tour coming to Canterbury was a good thing only 5% a bad thing – survey by Canterbury Christchurch University • 94% of residents were aware that the Tour was coming to Canterbury and most awareness was around road closures and route details – Canterbury Christchurch College University

Outcomes - Canterbury • 72% of businesses interviewed felt the Tour coming had been a positive thing and only 11% a negative - survey by Canterbury Christchurch University • Viewed by an estimated 50, 000 people in the Canterbury sector – Kent Police estimates

Tour De France Stage 1 Conclusions

Conclusions • High profile events are high risk. • Risk management cannot be a ‘bolt on’. • Opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of risk management. • A danger of ‘overselling’ events can be risk in itself.

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