Safety Advisory Group (SAG)
Once we’ve received your relevant event plans, risk assessments and applications. It may be that you are invited to a SAG.
These aim to help organisers with the planning, and management of an event and to encourage cooperation and coordination between all relevant agencies.
The guiding principle is that events presenting a significant public safety risk (whether in terms of numbers and profile of people attending, or the nature of the event activity and/or the challenge of the environment) should be considered. However, lower risk events like community village fetes and funfairs are unlikely to require a SAG.
When and Who Is Involved in a SAG?
The SAG is generally done approximately 12 weeks prior to event and involves all relevant agencies. In some cases, there are multiple SAG meetings in the build up to the event but in many cases just a single SAG will be held.
Generally, a SAG will include the event organiser(s) members from Emergency planning, licencing, roads and economic development from the council. External partners include Police Scotland, Fire service and rescue service.