The IAVM Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) offers two Specialized Courses, which are open to all AVSS students. Completing the Specialized Courses is one of the final steps in graduating from AVSS and earning recognition as an emergency preparedness professional.
• Facility Management Law School, Feb. 21, 2013, $475
• Severe Weather Preparedness, March 5 & 6, 2013, $675
For more information about the Specialized Courses, contact Harold Hansen, IAVM’s Director of Life Safety & Security, at harold.hansen@iavm.org or call 773-973-2049.
Facility Management Law School (FMLS)
Feb. 21, 2013
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
Tuition: $475
Tuitions covers all training
materials, lodging (one night) and all meals at the AATCC.
**FMLS is included as part of the
5-day curriculum for Advanced Training.
FMLS is a one-day course that focuses on how the legal system
applies to public assembly facilities. Taught by Steven A. Adelman,
Esq., an expert in venue law, FMLS enables students to better
understand the litigation process, learn about torts and contracts, and
focus on risk management and limiting liability for their venues.
In
addition to learning the meaning and use of relevant legal terms,
students will have the opportunity to critically analyze their own
venue's risk management plan and participate in
role-playing exercises, answering deposition questions as their venue's
representative.
FMLS arms venue professionals with authoritative information and
insights to be ready for the wide range of legal questions and concerns
that continue to emerge in today’s environment, including:
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What is the reasonable person standard? |
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What are the key elements required for a contract? What should be covered in various contractual relationships between the venue leaser and event producer, ticket agency or security providers? |
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What are reasonably foreseeable risks versus unforeseeable risks? |
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What are the recommended elements for a comprehensive risk management plan? How can I create a practical checklist to keep the plan current? |
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How can I respond to a loss-producing event that might result in a lawsuit? |
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When is it advisable to create a paper trail and what's required? |
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What can I expect if I'm called to testify at a deposition or trial? |
During this two-day course, students will learn how to develop a severe weather preparedness plan for their venue, use forecast and radar information to monitor the weather, and design proper procedures for various severe weather situations.
Students will review necessary communications, training, response plans and preparations for operational continuity in the event of severe weather. This course helps students understand a variety of severe and hazardous weather that can occur anywhere, at any time.
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Assess the severe weather threats that could impact your venue. |
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Learn what preparedness activities they need to undertake in order to protect the safety of guests, performers and employees. |
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Begin the development of a severe weather preparedness plan for your venue, including drafting an outline work plan to complete your severe weather plan when you return to your venue. |
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Learn about implementing a response to a severe weather threat, study the crowd dynamics and management activities you will need to consider and know the process to recover from a severe weather incident. |
The course is taught by top weather experts and venue management professionals using IAVM’s severe weather planning guide as the template for developing an effective preparedness plan.
