WA Guidelines on the Application of the Health (Public Buildings) Regulations 1992

TOI TOI TOI CHOOKAS

[May you always play to a full house] Hear the lights & see the sounds. 

I can remember not that long ago, there was a heap of resistance to having manditory fire equiptment tested regularly & paying for it! Especialy when it came to fire Indictor panels & automatic detection & supression systems. what am I on about? There are still a load of grumbles, when it comes to shelling out for this service. Thinking on from Na's chain saw analogy. If this involved warm props, luvvies & twirlies, there would be no topic to discuss, it would be part of the commitees normal practice & business. I realise that our biggest reuseable resource is people, but techies are always thin on the ground, so should we not be ensuring they work in a safe enivoroment. Even looking to update equiptment such as having electricaly safe 'A' frame ladders, a fall arresting harness, safer tested & mentained equipment. which should be an integral percentage of any on going General House Keeping &/or show budgets. As far as fire, emergency & evacution drills are concerned. I believe you could count on one hand the amount that actualy take place, each year & still have three fingers left over. I don't know but I would imagine 'Aunty' ITA is made up of 100+ theatre group membership, where the greatest majority have not had &/or any idea if the teatre has an emergency proceedure in place, beside panic? If say a techie is electricaly fried, what do we do/ Beyond ringing for an ambulance &/or fire brigade to put him out. There again an appeal for a 'Doctor in the house' could be a lot of concelations. So just a thought - Does your group have regular emergency drills & are you FOH's able to handle an Emergency, Evaction or electriction during a performance? I know it is all too hard to think or worry about it! Would not be easier, just put the victims in big 'Glad Bags' & place the bodies out side the gate. This will certainly will save a lot of paper work! I wondeder how many theatre group Presidents or Executive commitee members, would wish they could evaporate, instead of raising thier right hand & swearing to "Tell the truth & ......" at an Inquest? {It could be the best part you will ever play - without auditioniing for!} Chookas joe