The importance of event safety has been given crucial attention around the globe. To build holistic student development and skills, various programs organized expose participants to numerous event risks. A study was conducted to investigate the awareness of event safety among 250 students and staffs of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) who act as a control group and an intervention was done by giving awareness talk on event safety to 100 UTM staff and students who participated in service-learning program through several sessions from the year 2020 to 2023 who act as study group. The survey data were analyzed using SPSS version 27. Survey results show that 78% and 73% of the study group and the control group are highly and moderately less aware of event safety. The survey also reveals that 72% of respondents from the study group have awareness of using event safety checklist. 52% respondents from the control group did not know about the UTM order regarding the use of event safety checklist on risky program or event. Results of the survey generate further findings which indicate participants who have high awareness of HIRARC also have high awareness on SOP. Event safety education should be recommended in all student’s program which has risks by promoting event safety awareness among students and participants. It is hoped that this study could create a safety culture in managing event risks.
Arnott, I. (2020). Health and safety in events management. Legal, Safety, and Environmental Challenges for Event Management. (pp.119-137). DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3230-0.ch007.
Garisson, T. M. & Chander, H. (2018). The safety crew and event staff. In book: The Science of Motorsport. Taylor and Francis Group.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780203732311/science-motorsport-david-ferguson
Huebsch, T. (2017, September 18). Severe weather creates chaos at Copenhagen Half-Marathon. Canada. Canadian Running. https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/2017-copenhagen-half-marathon/
Indonesia soccer stampede kills 125 after police used tear gas in stadium. (2022, October 1). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/02/indonesia-police-say-129-people-killed-after-stampede-at-soccer-match.html
Jackson, A., & Rose, A. (2021, October 24). 2 children were killed and 8 other people injured when a car lost control at Texas drag race. CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/24/us/texas-drag-racing-accident-spectators-killed-trnd/index.html
Jeavans, C. (2015, September 25). Hajj: Jamarat bridge, a deadly pinch point. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34361122
Jharko, E. & Sakrutina, E. (2017). Towards the problem of creating a safety management system in the transportation area. Journal of IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50(1), 15610-15615.
Kowalski, A., Blazejewski, T., Lehmann, L., Romer, J., Gerlach, F. & Muller, B. (2024). 17 years of the critical incident reporting and learning system “jeder-fehler-zaehlt.de” for primary care: Analysis of reports. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 185. Pp 10-16. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2023.12.007.
https://www.zefq-journal.com/article/S1865-9217(24)00005-9/fulltext
?uczak, J. (2021). Risk management for running events’ organization on the example of half marathons in Poland. Journal of IBIMA Business Review. Vol. 2021 (2021). 11 Pages. Article ID 560080, DOI: 10.5171/2021.560080
Makda, T. J., Bayat, M. S., & Ukpere, W. I. (2012). Risk management within the events industry in Cape Town, South Africa. African Journal of Business Management. Vol. 6(20), pp. 6243-6253. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262483648_Risk_management_within_the_events_industry_in_Cape_Town_South_Africa
Mohd Khir, M. (2014). Developing an event safety risk typology: A qualitative study of risk perception amongst event planners and venue managers in Malaysia. [Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University]. England.
https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4441/
Monash University. (2021). Health and safety considerations for event planning – OSH Information Sheet. https://www.monash.edu/ohs/info-docs/safety-topics/events-and-people/health-and-safety- considerations-for-event-planning
Nichollas, P. (2017, May 23). Manchester arena suicide bombing: 22 Die at Ariana Grande Concert, England. NBCNews.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/survivors-2017-ariana-grande-uk-concert-bombing-legal-action-rcna147771
Peng, Q., Liu, C., Scelles, N., & Inoue, Y. (2023). Continuing or withdrawing from endurance sport events under environmental uncertainty: Athletes’ decision making. Sport Management Review. 26(5). Pp. 698-719. DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2023.2190431. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14413523.2023.2190431
Peric, M., Djurkin, J., & Vitezic, V. (2018). Active event sport tourism experience: The role of the natural environment, safety and security in event business models. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning. 15(5), 758 – 772. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325239348_Active_event_sport_tourism_experience_The_role_of_the_natural_environment_safety_and_security_in_event_business_models
Police Record Statements from UTM over Deadly Eimarace Crash. (2016, September 27). Bernama.
https://api.nst.com.my/news/2016/09/176425/police-record-statements-utm-over-deadly-eimarace-crash
Puthumana, J.S., Fong, A., Blumenthal, J., & Ratwani, R. M. (2021). Making patient safety event data actionable: Understanding patient safety analyst needs. Journal of Patient Safety. 17(6), 509-514. DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000400. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28787397/
Reid, S., & Ritchie, B. (2011). Risk management: Event managers' attitudes, beliefs, and perceived constraints. Event Management. 15(4). pp. 329–341. DOI: 10.3727/152599511X13175676722528. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263731053_Risk_Management_Event_Managers%27_Attitudes_Beliefs_and_Perceived_Constraints
Silvers, J. R., Bowdin, G. A., O'Toole, W. J., & Nelson, K. B. (2005). Towards an international Event Management Body of Knowledge (EMBOK). Event Management. 9(4), pp. 185-198.
Tarlow, P. E. (2002). Event risk management and safety. New York: John Wiley & Sons. https://www.academia.edu/23155215/Event_Risk_Management_and_Safety
Ütük, A. & Baraçl?, H. (2024). Evaluation of the knowledge and awareness of firefighters in Turkey in disaster risk management. Sustainability. 16(9):3720.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093720
Vendelø, M. T. (2019). The past, present and future of event safety research. A Research Agenda for Event Management 35(2), 7-13.
Noor, S. F. M., Nor, R. M., & Norazahar, N. (2024). Event Risk Management: A Study on Event Safety Awareness among Staffs and Students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(12), 1643–1655.
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s)
Published by Knowledge Words Publications (www.kwpublications.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode
