Convention Risks and Safety Measures

What are the dangers of a Convention?

Conventions provide many benefits to different areas of expertise, both for personal and professional reasons. However, they remain full of risks and unknown factors. There are many aspects of conventions that one should consider, from the location to the nature of the gathering. The size of a convention influences its safety greatly as it becomes difficult to know the number of people present. This makes it harder to secure everyone and to notice threats as accurately among all, may they be natural or man-made. Moreover, conventions can gather different kinds of backgrounds. From Comic Con to Tech Conventions, venues still risk robbery and other crimes. Attendees are subject to this even more than convention stands as it becomes so easy to infiltrate the crowd. No matter the convention and the location, one fact remains true: awareness is essential.

 

How to take appropriate precautions?

Both attendees and attendants are responsible to maintain safety during conventions. This means there are various levels of awareness one should have at all times. To ensure this is possible, convention organisers should provide to all a set of safety material. This would include clear directions of the premises in case of a danger requiring evacuation. Moreover, there would be safety rules to follow depending on the most plausible case scenarios. Conventions can be situations where awareness is at its lowest, especially due to sensory overload. Adding an unknown environment to the equation can create a sense of panic and uncertainty. When a situation is already hazardous, the lack of stability can become too much to handle properly. Therefore, appropriate safety knowledge and systems in place to alert as many as possible no matter the situation truly make a difference.

Why Hazavoid?

Hazavoid offers fully wireless solutions, adaptable to previous infrastructures. Both the Hazavoid Wireless Alarm System (pictured above) and the Hazavoid Wireless Alert Beacon System come with a backup battery and solar panels. This means they can adapt to any situation and location. The Hazavoid solutions easily fit different needs as they are fully scalable and this function allows to reach as many as possible. Both indoors and outdoors can have full coverage to ensure safety at all times. Users can simply activate their systems by the push of a button on their handheld remote. The devices are light and easily carriable for staff to keep on them throughout the day. Since they are customisable, one can add their own message to suit certain circumstances or known dangers for ease of usage and peace of mind.