Event and venue safety consulting.
Work health and safety consulting for events and venues: risk and crowd management, emergency planning, bump-in and bump-out, and the systems that hold when the schedule does not.
What we do.
Nine ways in, from a single event to a permanent venue with year-round programming. Each stands alone, or runs as part of a wider engagement.
Event Risk Assessments
- Risk assessments for events of all sizes, from corporate functions to large-scale public events.
- Identifies hazards, crowd management risks, and emergency scenarios before they occur.
- Aligned with AS/NZS ISO 31000, the WHS Act and Regulations, and applicable codes of practice.
Incident and Crisis Management
- Practical incident and crisis management planning tailored to your event or venue.
- Rapid response frameworks that keep your team calm, coordinated, and compliant when things go wrong.
- Post-incident review and ICAM investigation capability for serious events.
Emergency Management
- Emergency plans, evacuation diagrams and response procedures assessed against AS 3745-2010.
- Emergency Planning Committee and Emergency Control Organisation structure, warden appointment and currency.
- Exercise programmes and records that show the plan works, not just that it exists.
Bump-in and Bump-out
- The highest-risk hours in the calendar, treated as a discipline in their own right.
- Temporary structures, working at height, plant and vehicle movements on the floor, temporary electrical, manual handling.
- Exhibitor and contractor inductions, permit systems, and interface management across multiple trades at once.
Crowd Safety Planning
- Density, capacity, ingress and egress modelled against the actual layout and programme.
- Choke points, queue management, pinch points and dispersal after the show.
- Documented assumptions and trigger points, so decisions on the night are made against a plan.
Psychosocial Risk, Front of House
- The hazards a casual, young, night-working front-of-house workforce is actually exposed to.
- Aggression and occupational violence, fatigue and rostering, isolated work, exposure to distressing incidents.
- Assessment and controls informed by ISO 45003 and the WA psychosocial code of practice.
Contractor Safety Verification
- Pre-qualification, induction requirements, and ongoing monitoring across your subcontractor base.
- Principal contractor obligations mapped to who is actually on site, on which day.
- Platform-enabled verification through Veriforce where the contractor base warrants it.
Independent Oversight and Pre-Event Audits
- Independent WHS oversight for event organisers, promoters and the venues that host them.
- Pre-event audits against the plan as submitted, with findings closed out before doors open.
- On-site safety supervision for the run of the event where the risk profile calls for it.
Fractional Safety Advisory
- Senior WHS capability on a part-time or retained basis, without a full-time appointment.
- Suited to venues with year-round programming and organisers running a seasonal calendar.
- Available for governance reporting, regulator liaison, and the weeks either side of a major fixture.
Soteria 360 delivers consulting, advisory and non-accredited training. Nationally recognised qualifications are delivered by our training partner, Training Worx Australia, RTO 52508.
Who we work with.
Clients
- Event organisers and promoters, from corporate functions to large public events
- Stadiums, arenas, theatres, convention centres and venues with year-round programming
- Councils and government agencies running or approving public events
- Exhibitors and contractors working bump-in and bump-out
Venue threat and security risk assessments
As a licensed security consultant (Security Consultant Licence 87470), Soteria 360 assesses the security risks at venues and events. This covers crowded-place vulnerabilities, access control, crowd behaviour and the interface between security, safety and emergency arrangements.
Recommendations follow the risk management process in AS/NZS ISO 31000 and are written so venue managers can act on them.
How an engagement works.
Discovery call
About the event or venue, the programme and the timeline.
Site visit and review
The site plan, the event management plan, the emergency plan and the contractor list.
Assessment and plan
Risk assessment, crowd and emergency planning, and bump-in and bump-out controls.
Pre-event audit
Findings closed out before doors open.
On the day (optional)
Independent safety oversight for the run of the event.
Event and venue safety FAQ.
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Fin Darcy Pty Ltd t/a Soteria 360 · ABN 43 631 208 216
Licensed under the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996 (WA)
Security Agent Licence 87471 · Security Consultant Licence 87470