Crowd Ingress to Places of Assembly: Summary and Proceedings of an Experts' Workshop.

The movement of large crowds into places of assembly has resulted in death and injury to facility patrons and staff. Facility designers and managers seeking guidance have found little relevant information in the technical literatures of architectural and crowd control. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the National Bureau of Standards convened the most knowledgeable persons in North America in the topic of crowd ingress to places of assembly to: identify best current design practices; identify best current facilities management practices; and define research needed to support improved practices in design and management. The report documents the design and management practices suggested by the assembled experts, reports related activities of the International Association of Auditorium Managers and suggests a program of research leading to improved quantitative design and evaluation procedures for crowd ingress .550.