Five Reasons Your Festival Needs Security
Whether it’s a music festival, an arts festival, or a film festival – there is one constancy between every type of festival, and that is the need for security. In the last decade, festivals – of all kinds – have exploded in popularity. Whether they're large or small, these events draw thousands of visitors and offer plenty of opportunities for fun and excitement. But as your festival grows in size, so do its security needs. Security is essential to protecting not just your attendees, but also your brand and assets.
1. Emergency Preparedness
At a festival, you truly need to be prepared for anything – including any number of emergencies. With the help of a professional security team, you will be prepared for and be able to manage anything from minor medical issues to more serious matters like drug overdose or near-drowning. Our security team can work with external vendors, including medics, and other local authorities, to ensure a proper security plan is in place and it is followed accordingly on the day of the event.
Whether it's the result of bad weather or poor planning, your attendees will have plenty of opportunities to get hurt during their time at your event and accidents or emergencies are bound to happen. As such, the best thing you can do is ensure you are prepared all kinds of emergencies and work with a security team who is trained in all types of emergency scenarios that they can be handled safely and efficiently.
2. Protect Guests, Brand, Vendors, and Assets
As a festival organizer, it's important to protect your attendees, vendors and assets. You should also always consider protecting the venue itself—in addition to preventing theft and vandalism, you'll want to ensure that the area is safe from fire hazards, accidents and other threats.
Our security guards are highly trained professionals who have undergone intense training and other advanced strategies for ensuring safety at events such as music festivals. They're also equipped with state-of-the-art equipment that includes surveillance cameras, radio communication systems and other tools that can help them respond quickly when an incident occurs onsite to ensure guests, vendors and assets are protected throughout the event.
Additionally, when a security emergency occurs, the impact it can have on your brand is significant – often taking years to rebuild credibility. Protecting your brand and its credibility is priceless, and with a security team in place you can avoid the high cost of having to deal with bad press and PR, lawsuits, and trying to save your brand and its value for years to come.
3. Create a Safe Environment for All Attendees
Events can be particularly hard to control – especially if you’re expecting thousands of guests to attend your summer festival. They can also be especially difficult to monitor and maintain if it’s an All-Ages event. Ensuring that minors are safe and supervised throughout your event is vital and our security team can help ensure they stay safe – along with all attendees – throughout the event. Security can also ensure minors are not able to buy alcohol, drugs, or weapons and provide parental guidance and assistance for any minor who is found in an unsafe environment, such as being lost or in danger of physical harm from other festival attendees.
4. Crowd Management
When hosting any event, crowd management should always be a key priority to avoid potentially fatal scenarios – like last year’s tragic Astroworld event.
If you have a large event with tens of thousands of people attending, it will be impossible for you to keep tabs on every single person there, whereas our security guards will be able to manage any unexpected situations that come up during the day. Our security professionals will help ensure a tragedy doesn’t occur, allowing your festival to run more smoothly with crowd control.
5. You Can’t Afford to Not Have Security
You can't afford not to have security. Your festival, whether it's in a park, on the beach, or in an arena with thousands of attendees, is one of the best places for people to gather and enjoy themselves. But your event also poses some unique challenges that require extra attention when it comes to safety, and you need to be prepared for all scenarios and ensure your attendees are safe and secure at all times.
About IntercomLux Security
Owned and operated in Vancouver, BC, IntercomLux is a full-service security company providing a wide range of unique clients with tailored security solutions. To receive a risk consultation and a complementary quotation, reach out to our team of experts today: inquiries@intercomlux.com | 604-283-8599