Event Risk Management: A Study on Event Safety Awareness among Staffs and Students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The importance of event safety has been given crucial attention around the globe.To build holistic student development and skills, various programs organized expose participants to numerous event risks.A study was conducted to investigate the awareness of event safety among 250 students and staffs of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) who act as a control group and an intervention was done by giving awareness talk on event safety to 100 UTM staff and students who participated in service-learning program through several sessions from the year 2020 to 2023 who act as study group.The survey data were analyzed using SPSS version 27.Survey results show that 78% and 73% of the study group and the control group are highly and moderately less aware of event safety.The survey also reveals that 72% of respondents from the study group have awareness of using event safety checklist.52% respondents from the control group did not know about the UTM order regarding the use of event safety checklist on risky program or event.Results of the survey generate further findings which indicate participants who have high awareness of HIRARC also have high awareness on SOP.Event safety education should be recommended in all student's program which has risks by promoting event safety awareness among students and participants.It is hoped that this study could create a safety culture in managing event risks.