Kilo Delta

Standing, Moving and Queuing

Name what you can see. Take the action your location was given.

Operational

Title 9.1 in Crowd Safety and Movement

An Operational Handbook for Live Events: Crowd Safety and Movement. An OTAS Live handbook by Kris Dailly.

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For the person watching standing, moving and queuing at one location on the day.

What you will be able to do

  • Name your location and the person you report to.
  • Spot the early signs that standing, moving or queuing is failing, and write whether it is working.
  • Take one of the four actions your location was given.
  • Write a five-field line the next person can act on.
  • Keep calling the next person while information is incomplete.

What the chapters cover

  • Standing, moving and queuing at this location
  • Early signs that movement is failing
  • The action this person can take
  • Incomplete information
  • The line written at this location
  • Handover at this location

Thirteen chapters follow the job in order, with thirteen quick-reference cards you may copy for use at your own event. Worked examples are composite illustrations, not accounts of real events.

Operational titles are for the person doing the job at one post, door, desk or location on the day. OTAS Live publishes 30 handbooks across ten areas of event work, each at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level.

UK law, nation by nation

Law as checked in September 2026, with England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland named separately.

Three levels in Crowd Safety and Movement

Each area of event work is covered at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level, so the series follows the job from the post on the ground to the decisions around it.

All 30 handbooks