Event safety specialist Crest Planning has announced it will supply its safety app, Halo, to Harlequins Rugby Club.
Halo will streamline security, medical facilities and maintenance to provide staff with control and a shared situational awareness from their own virtual command station. Halo aims to ensure staff can respond to security incidents in a timely fashion.
Lloyd Major, CEO and co-founder, Crest Planning, said: “Halo now has a footprint in football, cricket and rugby stadia. As well as covering major global tournaments like the Cricket World Cup, British Athletics Championships and the recent Royal Navy Winter Sports Championships.
“We’re very proud to support safety officers working in sports stadia or outdoor sporting events by helping them shoulder their risks, organise their teams and make use of the best tools on the market to supersede spreadsheets and WhatsApp.”
Jennifer Motet, head of operations, Harlequins Rugby Union, commented: “The introduction of Halo has been a real game changer for us at Harlequins. The system is so easy to use and has been quickly adopted by the operational team including those technophobes! It has improved match day operations by enabling quick reporting and visibility of outstanding issues, along with all staff notifications which have proved really useful.
Motet continued: “We are also using it for non-match days to have oversight of responses to facility issues, another great tool which will make us more efficient as an organisation. Throughout all of this the Halo team have been hugely supportive and worked with the team to make sure we are using the system to its best ability.”
