Hackathons/Handbook/Emergencies

= Emergency Information = Make sure people know how to get help when something goes wrong! Pre-planning in this area is very important, and will save a lot of time, stress, and effort, in the event of an emergency.

Recommended Pre-plans

 * Publish a list of local emergency phone numbers on the event wikipage, and also distribute it to all event organizers.
 * Provide info about the nearest hospital - contact info, directions, and information on how they would deal with international patients.
 * Choose an emergency contact number, that will be given to all event attendees.
 * The number should be a local number that will be monitored 24 hours by a local organizer, or rotating shift of local organizers.
 * Event attendees can call this number if they become ill, have legal trouble, there is a sexual assault, they are lost in the city, etc.
 * Pre-plan how the organizers and attendees should respond in various situations:
 * Does your area have high probability for natural disasters? You should publish what to do in case of the event (examples: earthquake, flood, tsunami, hurricane).
 * Fire at the event.
 * Terrorist related event nearby.
 * Violence, a fight, or harassment taking place at the event.
 * Have all participants agree during registration to the Friendly Space Policy.