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Event Safety Alliance Sets Weather Summit

The Event Safety Alliance will hold its 2016 Severe Weather Summit March 8-9, 2016 at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Exploring the unexpected challenges that severe weather can pose to live event organizers and their on-site staffs, the two-day event will focus on helping event, sports and venue professionals to prepare for and respond to dangerous weather conditions.

Norman, OK (February 17, 2016)—The Event Safety Alliance will hold its 2016 Severe Weather Summit March 8-9, 2016 at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Exploring the unexpected challenges that severe weather can pose to live event organizers and their on-site staffs, the two-day event will focus on helping event, sports and venue professionals to prepare for and respond to dangerous weather conditions.

Event Safety Alliance president Jim Digby, noted, “Event and venue professionals work in an environment that requires both careful preparation and the ability to adapt to and apply new information as it becomes available. Recent history has shown time and again that severe weather can disrupt even the best-laid plans and, when it does, the results can be catastrophic.”

As a result, the Summit at the National Weather Center’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma will feature experts from NOAA and the National Weather Service who will introduce participants to short-fused severe weather incidents and how they can threaten all types of events and venues, as well as the steps that can be taken to develop a Severe Weather Preparedness Plan.

Take1 Insurance executive vice president & program director Scott Carroll emphasized that, “Everyone involved in the production and staging of a live event, from the venue owner to the individual band management teams to the on-site managers, have an obligation to take every step possible to plan for the unexpected and have a plan to mitigate against it. Participating in the Severe Weather Summit demonstrates to your insurance carrier that you put health and safety ahead of all other considerations and that’s critically important in today’s environment, where so many entertainment events are staged outside in the elements where Mother Nature can wreak havoc.”

The cost of attending the summit is $750, which includes complimentary breakfast, all materials and an evening reception. ESA members qualify for a 15 percent discount off of the cost of registration. The summit will feature presentations by personnel from NWS, NOAA, the University of Oklahoma and private meteorological companies.

Attendees will learn what weather products and services are available to industry professionals to help them on site. New technologies and mobile applications that simplify safety planning will be demonstrated. Attendees will also learn about the National Weather Service “StormReady” and “Weather Ready Nation” programs for their venue, tour or event.

Event Safety Alliance
eventsafetyalliance.org

Take1 Insurance
www.take1insurance.com

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