World Triathlon

ITU Sport Department | November 2015 ITU Event Organizer's Manual Part 5 - Venue Operations 168 5.6.5. Cabling plan a) This is the plan that demonstrates the cable paths around the venue and the solutions that are proposed for crossing the cables over the FOP. b) This information must be included inside the site plan. 5.6.6. Evacuation plan a) Introduction Emergency evacuation is the immediate movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due to a storm or fire to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a flood, bombardment or approaching weather system. b) Category of evacuation • Urgent evacuation: Caused by circumstances that pose an immediate threat to the life or safety of anyone in the venue; • Would be in the case of a tornado warning, severe winds, torrential rain, or any confirmed danger to lives where it was decided that evacuation was the best course of action. Advance warning of weather related dangers would be provided to the command center by the emergency radio network that would provide severity and estimated time of arrival at location; • In the case of urgent evacuation, the attendees would be alerted by the P.A. system and mobile loud hailers; and • Non-urgent evacuation: Caused by circumstances that pose a threat to crowd safety, however, the identified danger is not immediate. c) Evacuation procedures • These evacuation procedures could apply to the entire site or to one or more particular areas, depending on the situation. The evacuation plan will be implemented only as a final resort. • The TD or senior police official shall be responsible for declaring an evacuation following consultation with the event and ITU Team Leader and ITU Media Delegate. • The implementation of the evacuation plan will deploy manpower in the following way: • The senior police officer will advise all police personnel on site to assist with immediate evacuation. • Security personnel with loud hailers on golf carts will advise the attendees of an immediate evacuation. • The city transit senior inspector will be informed of the immediate evacuation and asked to deploy transit equipment accordingly. • The Triathlon volunteer coordinator will instruct all volunteer supervisors of the evacuation order. • The Triathlon site captain will advise all commercial vendors and contract services of the evacuation order. • Triathlon volunteers will direct pedestrian traffic to all entry/exit points at the venue.

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