No indoor pyro/flare
According to one of the witness, “Someone from the crowd tossed a flare and there were immediately flames.” (Joyner, 2004). “The blaze started when a flare ignited the flammable foam celling, sending burning debris and smoke into the crowd.” ( Carroll, 2011). Indoor pyro/flare should not be tolerated in venues such as concerts, bands. Club operators should consider audience safety to be part of their responsibility and neither engage in, nor tolerate, dangerous activities.
No flammable foam
Don’t use flammable foam, because “soundproofing material said burn like gasoline.” (Weissensstein). Nightclub owner better use fire-proof soundproofing materials such as Melamine Foam or Fireproof Acoustic Foam. Anyway, night club owners should be aware that your patron’s safety is your responsibility. Don’t feel regret when you made a bad decisions combined with bad luch end with fatal consequences. That’s too late.
Keep all exit door open.
Buenos Aires nightclub had six emergency exits, but when fire happened, four of them were locked in case people sneak in without paying, so most of the victims died from smoke inhalation becasue they were not able to get out. According to United States’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards, “An exit door must be unlocked”.( United Stated Department of Labor). If the nightclub owner worries about people enter sneakily. Then they should increase security criterion, such as provide each customer a luminous bracelet when they enter, so that employee would notice who is paid or unpaid . Also, when “big night” comes, they can hire some part-time helpers to watch the emergency exits to make sure nobody enter without paying.
Keep capacity under control
There were more than 4000 fans at that Thursday night concert by the band Los Callejeros. “The concert crowd was nearly three times the venue's capacity of 1,500 people, Argentine media reported.” (CBS News). According to past big