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Roskilde Music Festival Case Study Report

Summary

The Roskilde festival is one of the longest running festival in the Europe and

attracts more than 90000 people everyear. On Friday June 30 2000, 9 people

died in the sliding mud under the orange stage due to suffocation from crush

of throbbing mospit (crowd). Newspaper and television with lack of facts

speculated faulty sound and drug taking as possible causes of death. There was

outrage from politicians and authority on regulation of event and called for

restrictions. The Roskilde was known for its security. But organisers went

ahead with the event to avoid complication to festival goers with their travel

plans. This decision was criticised by media.

Q1. Is the media reaction to disasters normally measured and reasonable, or is it intended to be

hysterical and critical.

The media reaction to disasters is hysterical and critical. Today news channels and papers want to

exaggerate and spice up things to get maximum TRP and audience. News reports are very important

for people to get knowledge of their loved ones in times of disasters. These channels provide

helpline numbers for queries. But they should give information in good faith and not for creating a

hype

2. Why should this be the case, and what effects does the lack of a knowledgeable commentary

have, on efforts to indentify the genuine reasons for accidents?

Because the uninformative news report by media, different speculation take place and the true

reason for such different disaster are ignored. Same happened in case of Roskilde Festival. The

media sepulated that the reaason faulty sound equipment and drug-taking etc. which was not the

case when tested the and they did not report those facts. The Rockilde festival has a significant

reputation for safety. Image of event was harmed and it stimulated moralising youth culture.

3. Does this impact on the ability of those involved and those in authority to react to accidents in a

way which will make future events more safe not less?

Yes, false reporting lead to outrage among people. The politician and public officials call for all kinds

of restrictions on what people do at festival and events. Some call for boycott of events and also

stopping event.

The PR of the events also have make contingency plan for damage control.

4. What steps can be taken by organisers to ensure crowd safety at events?

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1. More security personnel

2. Multi-barrier system in-between crowd to lessen the pressure from the crowd.

3. Video surveillance of the crowd.

4. Increase the number of safety teams.

5. Proper shed in case the event was in rainy season.

5. There must be medical facility 24/7 for events which are huge and go on for days.

6. There must be proper resting and Shed facility given.

Report By:

Nishant Pokale 1347

SY MBA : GUDMS 2013-15