Topic > Importance of Risk Management in Event Management

Whatever the type or size of an event, fire safety is intended to protect all life from fire, including smoke, fumes or panic (NFPA, 2011). This is because any fire during the event could result in economic losses or even loss of life, and the extent of brand and reputation losses for the company organizing the event or the event venue is immeasurable. For example, a nightclub fire started on January 27 in Santa Maria killed 235 people, mostly students, and injured more than 100 people as they celebrated 500 days until the 2014 Brazilian soccer World Cup (One Night from hell; The Brazilian nightclub fire, 2013). In the report it was shown that the event organizer could ignore the power and risk of using rockets and the fire safety of sound-absorbing foam on the ceiling which caused this disastrous fire for more than 50 years (A Night From Hell ; the Brazilian nightclub fire, 2013). Furthermore, Brazil had to stop all celebrations of events and activities for three days to mourn the victims of the disaster. If the event organizer could identify the fire risk earlier and do something to reduce the risk, such as changing the location where the rockets are launched, it is likely that these enormous human and economic losses would be