The Event Safety Podcast

Welcome to the Event Safety Podcast, your source for ideas, discussions, and news from the world of live event safety. Produced by Event Safety Alliance.

The Event Safety Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Event Safety Alliance, with 123 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Event Safety Alliance hosts The Event Safety Podcast, a arts show with 123 episodes published.

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  Episode #122

  Episode 122 - Safety Check Round-up 2026

  Jul 28, 20261h 17m

  Danielle reconvenes the 2nd annual current events roundtable, joined by event safety friends, Jacob Worek, John Badcock, and Doug Bruce to review the incidents, trends, and conversations that shaped the first half of 2026 for live events. Weather was a major theme, also, the FIFA 2026 World Cup, audience behavior and safety messaging, technology and surveillance at events, nightclub fires and more. Lots of lessons learned, as well as considerations of pathways forward for these challenges. Show Notes: ASTM F38 Drone Shows Committee Contact Danielle | podcast@eventsafetyalliance.org Guests: Jacob Worek | SMP John Badcock | Event Operations & Safety Director, SXSW Doug Bruce | Creative Safety Hosts: Danielle Hernandez (host)

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  Episode #121

  Episode 121 - Leadership, Safety and Safety Leadership

  Jul 14, 20261h 3m

  What separates safety training from safety culture? Danielle and co-host Anna Glover sit down with Jen Ruggerio, founder of Rugged Training Group and author of Uncorporate Leadership, to dig into that question. Safety training without leadership support is box-checking. The conversation examines common leadership models that do not translate to environments where the stakes are lives rather than quarterly numbers. This episode builds a case for shared leadership as an alternative to top-down hierarchy, positioning safety accountability as something every crew member holds rather than something that flows from a title. Practical threads include heat illness in new workers, how to speak up when you are day labor, why imposter syndrome is evidence of growth, and how the fresh eyes of a first-week worker are an asset most companies fail to use. Guests: Jen Ruggerio | Founder, Rugged Training Group Jen Ruggerio | LinkedIn Hosts: Danielle Hernandez (host) Anna Glover (co-host) Show Notes: Uncorporate Leadership ( Amazon ) Rugged Training Group Contact Danielle: podcast@eventsafetyalliance.org

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  Episode #120

  Episode 120 - The Pyro Pod

  Jun 30, 20261h 21m

  It is fireworks season! Danielle sits down with Ryan Abel, a fireworks and FX designer and pyrotechnic specialist. This in-depth chat covers pyro from design to operations, including budget, AHJs, permits and safety protocols. Site selection, weather, and show-stop criteria each get real-world treatment, including stopping a show mid-performance when winds spiked unexpectedly. The discussion goes into the reputational stakes when incidents go viral, performer and audience clearances in entertainment pyro settings, the role of spotters, and the early-stage challenges of combining drone shows with fireworks. Guests: Ryan Abel | Fireworks and FX Designer, Pyrotechnic Specialist Hosts: Danielle Hernandez (host) Show Notes: NFPA 1123 (outdoor displays) | https://www.nfpa.org NFPA 1126 (proximate pyrotechnics) | https://www.nfpa.org Contact Danielle | podcast@eventsafetyalliance.org

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  Episode #119

  Episode 119 - Pink Bows Safe Space

  Jun 16, 202647 min

  Pink Bows Foundation grew out of tragedy. After ten people, including Madison Dubiski, lost their lives at Astroworld in 2021, her family channeled an outpouring of community grief into an organization committed to making live events safer for everyone. The foundation's work runs on three pillars: a philanthropy program honoring Madison's commitment to community service, a Showstop procedure course that has trained over 700 event professionals worldwide, and the Safe Space itself. Danielle and co-host Tami Richter sit down with Ashleigh LaBure and Kyrah Lowe from Pink Bows to talk about their Safe Space initiative and how it is finding its way to large events across Texas and beyond. The bright pink tent structure has become a recognizable beacon at festivals — a cool-down spot, a safe refuge, a rally point for separated groups, and a welcoming environment for attendees managing anxiety, overstimulation, or heat. Events interested in hosting Safe Space can connect through the Pink Bows website. Guests: Ashleigh LaBure, Senior VP of Operations Pink Bows Foundation Kyrah Lowe | Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator, Pink Bows Foundation Show Notes: Pink Bows Foundation info@pinkbowsfoundation.org Hosts: Danielle Hernandez (host) & Tami Richter (co-host)

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  Episode #118

  Episode 118 - Fire Safety Curtains, to be or not to be

  Jun 9, 20261h 10mS0

  <p>Danielle Hernandez is joined by guest co-host Fr. David Garretson along with guests Bill Conner and Dan Culhane for an in-depth discussion of the present, past and future of fire safety curtains and their place in both venues and codes.  </p> <p>For over a century, theaters have been required to provide either a fire curtain, a deluge system, or mechanical exhaust at the proscenium to separate the stage from the auditorium in the event of a fire. The forthcoming International Building Code (2027) will eliminate the longstanding requirement for proscenium opening protection in new theater construction.  Bill Conner, who wo...

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