56. Organisers need to plan for contingencies, such as extreme weather. Some of these may be specific to the type of event taking place. Some examples are shown below.
Generic
- Loss of senior staff due to illness, injury, family emergencies etc.
- Loss of power affecting safety management systems like race timing.
- Inability to provide sufficient potable water
- How last-minute pre-event communications with participants will be managed
- Show Stop Procedure.
- Missing child procedure
- High winds
- Flooding
- Fire
- Terrorism
- Road Closures
Specialist
- Overdue and unaccounted participants
- Severe weather planning
- Remote emergencies
- River crossings
- Lightning (in the mountains)
- Tidal and current factors