General Guides For Emergency Management

Government of Canada emergency planning guide for organizations https://www.ready.gov/business/implementation/emergency 

Australian Disaster Management Handbook for mass gatherings https://www.aidr.org.au/media/4455/manual-12-safe-and-healthy-mass-gatherings.pdf 

Province of Alberta Emergency Response Planning for Community Events: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9780778571445 This site includes a template organizations can use to help draft an emergency response plan. It provides tools and strategies to assist with every stage from concept through to event completion.  

Government of British Columbia: Major Planned Events Plan Guidelines. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/public-safety-and-emergency-services/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/local-government/majorplannedeventsguidelines.pdf This site provides a robust review of all the considerations that should be considered for a major planned event.  

City of Sarnia Festival and Event Policy and Procedures Manual 2017: https://www.sarnia.ca/app/uploads/2019/06/Festival-and-Event-Policies-and-Procedures-Manual.pdf. They have a robust list of public safety categories as well as an appendices that includes an Emergency Procedures, Overall Medical Plan, Wind Management Plan, Sanitation Plan, Traffic Management Plan, On-Site Traffic Management Plan.  

Security and Safety Guide: https://festivalandeventproduction.com/event-guides/security-guide/?print=pdf. This guide contains how to formulate a security plan, determine which security vendors you will need, create a deployment grid or dot map to showcase where guards will be, coordinate law enforcement, medical and fire safety needs, ingress and egress, prohibitions list and emergency response plan.  

Yale University Emergency Management: Special Event Emergency Planning Template: https://emergency.yale.edu/be-prepared/special-event-emergency-planning  The three key elements of emergency management are Plan, Evaluate, and Respond. This website provides a template that one could use to base an emergency plan on.  

Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan for Taranaki 2018-2023 Te Mahere Rōpū Tauira a Taranaki Civil Defense and Emergency Management: https://www.trc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Plans-policies/CivilDefence/CDEMGroupPlan2018-23-web2.pdf 

A guide to emergency exercises and scenarios for Alberta Museums https://www.museums.ab.ca/media/92753/tool_2.3_-_tabletop_exercises_facilitator___s_guide.pdf 

Tips from the United States FEMA for creating emergency exercises to test policies and procedures https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/exercises/hseep