TESS has worked with Glastonbury since 2002 and in the past eight years has promoted a health and safety culture within the UK festival. The most prominent change is that TESS has successfully engaged the Glastonbury suppliers in improving health and safety in their own specialist areas.
Tim Roberts from TESS comments, "By being realistic, positive and getting everyone on message, we have created an empathetic understanding that what we want to do is a necessary requirement and is beneficial to everyone on the event."
This year was the first time TESS was appointed head of fire safety at Glastonbury; this new area was headed up by Mike Herbert, who developed a new strategy, working closely with the Devon and Somerset Fire Brigade. TESS was involved with everything from choosing the type of fire extinguisher to conducting 240 individual fire risk assessments on site.
Tim Roberts, director at TESS adds, "The 40th anniversary was exceptionally good, we had great interactions from staff and the public were unfailingly positive. Glastonbury and all the people involved have always been lovely to work with and work for."
(Jim Evans)
