Thursday, September 08, 2011
PLASA Launches Safety in Entertainment Website
Theatre Safety Blog: PLASA announces the launch of the Entertainment Industry Safety Initiative website, now live at www.safetyinentertainment.org. The site is designed to raise awareness of safety in the live event production industry among companies and individuals by providing information and resources regarding safe work practices, record keeping, accident reporting, and more. The site currently focuses on codes and regulations in the United States, but will be expanded to cover other countries in the future.
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This website is an excellent idea! Finding codes, standards, and suggestions is one that takes a decent at of time, especially when you need a code that applies to the entertainment industry and not a commercial or industrial industry such as building codes. With an easy to access site that has updated information, not only with it be easier to follow the codes and create safer environments in the entertainment industry, but individuals may then know when to look for specific information. There are other sites that incorporate information from more then one place, but hopefully PLASA will create a functioning site fully grasps all of the entrainment needs and will be more widely recognized.
The proliferation of safety information is always a good thing. Many times you find theatres tucked away in small town that do things the way they've always done them, and may not be up to date on the latest safety regulations. With Spiderman bringing so much attention to the importance of safety and what can happen when situations aren't safe, I am glad that people are paying more attention. With this website as a resource, hopefully we can do a better job of protecting our audiences, actors, and crew. The main focus now should be on getting theatres to check this website and make sure they're up to date. All of the information in the world doesn't do anyone any good if nobody knows about it, reads it, and acts upon it.
I think this is a good first step and already groups information in a way that makes it easily accessible. However, if you do not know where you are looking to find the information, this website will not help you.
Perhaps what would be most useful would be a breakdown of what information could be found in which resources as well as information about the jurisdiction of each of the sets of standards.
I also think that moving forward, providing a method to cross-reference easily between standards would be the ultimate goal. For example, when talking about balcony egress rules, the NFPA laws would also be connected with the OSHA rules for the same topic.
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