Event Control and Bronze Command Training
A two day course for the people who run event control and lead at the scene. Delegates learn how command works at events and venues, how to run a control room and keep a defensible decision log, and how to lead at bronze level when an incident starts, including show stop, pause and restart decisions.
Course Overview
When something goes wrong at an event, the first minutes are decided in event control and by the people on the ground. This course gives supervisors, control room staff and duty managers the structure to lead in those minutes: who is in charge, what to report, what to record and when to escalate.
It brings together what used to be four separate courses: bronze command, major incident command and M/ETHANE, control room setup and decision logging, and show stop, pause and restart protocols. It is built around live events, stadiums, festivals, venues and crowded places, not public sector doctrine alone.
Day one: event control and command foundations. Command structures at events (operational, tactical and strategic), the role of event control, setting up and running a control room, radio discipline and information flow, decision logs and the loggist role, and M/ETHANE reporting.
Day two: leading at bronze. Dynamic risk assessment, the Joint Decision Model, working with the emergency services under the JESIP principles, show stop, pause and restart decisions, escalating to silver, briefing and handover, and a full tabletop exercise run from a simulated event control room, with a facilitated debrief.
This course is part of our command pathway: Event Control and Bronze Command, Silver Event Command and Strategic (Gold) Crisis Command, supported by JESIP for Events and Venues.
About the Trainer
Certified by 1705 Consultancy and delivered by former emergency services commanders who have led incidents under real conditions, not just studied them. 1705 Consultancy also provides event command and safety management on live events, so the course reflects how incidents actually unfold in a control room and on the ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
Supervisors, duty managers, control room staff and anyone who leads at the scene or in event control when an incident starts. No previous command training is needed.
Bronze is the operational level of command: the people who lead the response on the ground or in a sector. They carry out the tactical plan set at silver and keep event control informed of what is happening.
Yes. Day one covers decision logs, the loggist role and how to record decisions and rationale so they stand up to scrutiny afterwards. We also run a separate half day Decision Logging and Loggist Training course for staff who keep logs.
Yes. Day two covers when and how to stop, pause and restart a show, who makes the call, and how to communicate it to staff, performers and the audience.
The course is certified by 1705 Consultancy and delivered by former emergency services commanders who have led incidents under real conditions.
£595 + VAT per delegate for the 2 day course. Open dates run with a minimum of 6 delegates. For a private course for your own team, ask us for a quote. See our booking and cancellation terms.
What Delegates Will Learn
- How command works at events and venues, from bronze to gold
- How to set up and run an event control room
- How to keep a clear, defensible decision log
- How to pass an M/ETHANE report and escalate quickly
- How to make and communicate show stop, pause and restart decisions
- How to work alongside police, fire and ambulance using JESIP
Who Is This Course For?
- Event and venue supervisors and duty managers
- Control room staff, loggists and CCTV operators
- Security supervisors and team leaders
- Crowd safety and stewarding managers
- Festival, stadium and live event operations teams
- Hospitality, leisure and shopping centre managers
- Duration 2 days
- Level Operational (bronze) command
- Delivery In person, UK wide
- Delivered by Former emergency services commanders
- Price £595 + VAT per delegate
- Certificate 1705 Consultancy certificate
Upcoming course dates
No open dates are scheduled right now. We also run this course on site for teams.
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