Does anyone have any templates for a risk plan that they have created for on farm events. we are in a tight spot and need to get one to our local council before the end of the week. Much appreciated in advance.
Hm, no. I can’t say that I have. I wonder if Western Port Catchment Landcare Network have one for their organic growers discussion groups? @jademiles2 I can ask Pete if you like, or you can get a hold of him via peter@wpcln.org.au
@nearriverproduce and @Piccolofarm I think I saw you both have events coming up on-farm. Do you have any advice to offer on risk plans for council?
And @tammois you must have come up against this before - any templates to suggest?
@SophieLamond As someone who made a writers’ festival put earthquakes as a risk in their planning, do you have any helpful templates for this scenario?
I’ll track him down and ask - I know Pete. thanks for the tip Rob
Hi Jen,
Our Council has only been concerned about our kitchen being approved by
their Health and Environment Dept. We did need to submit a DA for our events
which went through pretty easily.
Insurers wanted a bit of detail from us no open toe shoes, no tractor
rides, no swimming in the river, that sort of thing.
All the best.
thanks Andrew…every little bit of guidance helps
Hey @Jen - two bits:
Insurance: We carry $20 million public liability on the farm, which covers most stuff from the insurance side, though for gatherings over a couple hundred we have to have separate event insurance, which we covered for the Joel @ Jonai event with the AFSA Community insurance policy (good up to 1000 people if I remember correctly).
Council requirements: this is unusual in our case, because our council is convinced that everything we do is under PrimeSafe, and we have not disillusioned them of this misunderstanding. 
However, for the Joel event we wanted to be sure we’d ticked all the boxes, so I contacted council and explained the event and asked for guidance. They had me fill out a ‘Place of Public Entertainment’ form, which exempted us from the main requirements of large events - we were a NFP & the event was under 5000 (!) people, so they didn’t need a risk plan, fire plan, or anything! I had demonstrated in the original enquiry that we had a parking plan and sufficient toilets and they were happy. I hope this helps?
Thanks all for you feedback. Interesting that other councils are not as tough on the planning permit requirements as ours however that said as it turns out our council seem too busy to bother with for our event this weekend…
We whipped up an event management plan which may be useful for others as a template when dealing with councils however I can’t upload as a new user. @Jen where and how am I best to share such things?
Hi @Charlie_Showers, I’ve upgraded you so that you can upload the document now 
Great to have resources being shared!
Here is our event management plan that includes a risk management plan. Some of your councils may require such a thing if you are running events. Feel free to use as a template. smokin_hot_20170420_v2_event_management_plan.pdf (2.9 MB)
Hi @Charlie_Showers, super helpful template! Would you mind if we shared this on the OFN Learn Site as well?
For sure, share away