"There's a gentle hum of activity across the room, lots of pointing, lots of looking at maps on the walls. EPA There are screens everywhere - teams from the carnival organisers and the Metropolitan Police monitoring incoming feeds from cameras on the route, and from the Met's helicopter flying above. Reporting in too, are behaviour experts along the route, looking at the mood and density of the crowds. Each lorry on the parade route has GPS on it so teams here can follow them."
"Each sound system is in radio contact with this base and - new this year - crowd control signs at pinch points across Carnival to manage the flow of people and help prevent crushes. All of this is controlled in real time from a desk in the basement. Across the room are teams from the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade, the local council, St John Ambulance and British Transport Police, who meet every hour for a catch-up on how things are going."
An Event Liaison Team (ELT) operates from a basement to monitor Notting Hill Carnival and manage crowd safety for about a million attendees. The ELT integrates cameras, helicopter feeds, GPS on parade lorries, radio links to sound systems, and behaviour experts to assess mood and density. Crowd control signs at pinch points and real-time coordination from the control desk aim to prevent crushes. Representatives from the Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, local council, St John Ambulance and British Transport Police meet hourly to share updates. The operation has expanded with more cameras and data and requires government funding to continue at this scale.
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