Crowd Safety Services
Independent crowd safety expertise for events and mass gatherings.
Hajj
Formula 1
FIFA World Cup
Soundstorm
When stakes are high, “good enough” is not an option. We provide independent crowd safety expertise for events and mass gatherings.
How we help
The right expertise, at the right moment.
i.
Advisory & Consultancy
Expert guidance from the start — strategy, risk analysis, crowd management planning.
Advisory & Consultancy ii.
On-Site Advisory
Expert presence at the event — monitoring, real-time judgment, operational support.
On-Site Advisory iii.
Pedestrian Flow Simulation
Pathfinder simulation for ingress, egress and Zone Ex — before opening day.
Simulation iv.
Independent Review
Assessment of existing plans and simulations — with no stake in the outcome.
Independent Review Zone Ex
The blind spot every engineering firm misses.
Zone Ex is the space outside the venue — approach routes, fan zones, transport hubs, the perimeter. Where crowd incidents most often begin. Most engineering scopes exclude it entirely. We don’t.
Learn about Zone Ex →Why agencies come to us
When major engineering firms and event agencies need an independent Zone Ex specialist — one who can assess their work without a conflict of interest — they come to Crowd Safety Services.
Eric Kant is the named expert they bring in when the scope of their own brief ends at the venue gate, and the risk does not.
Eric Kant is the named expert they bring in when the scope of their own brief ends at the venue gate, and the risk does not.
Mass Gatherings
When scale changes everything.
A mass gathering is not a large event. It is a different category of challenge — where crowd densities, infrastructure constraints, heat, and the consequences of any error operate at a fundamentally different level. We have worked at the Hajj: up to 1.8 million pilgrims across the Holy Sites in Mecca.
Mass gatherings expertise →
About
Eric Kant, MSc
Founder & Lead Expert
30+ years with the Dutch National Police. MSc Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis (with distinction), Manchester Metropolitan University. Highfield Approved Training Centre #45430. Published researcher. Guest lecturer, Breda University of Applied Sciences.
“He is the expert organisations turn to when they need simulation, advisory, or independent review done correctly.”
About Eric Kant →
Selected projects
Hajj, Mecca1.8M pilgrims · Crowd Safety Consultant & Independent Reviewer
FIFA World CupFan Festival · Crowd flow simulation
Formula 1Saudi Arabia & Qatar · Crowd Safety Lead & Simulation
Soundstorm, Saudi Arabia5 consecutive years · Crowd Safety Manager & Simulation
St Pauls Carnival, Bristol130,000 attendees · Crowd Safety Lead
Dubai Run320,000 participants · Crowd Management Director
Let’s discuss your event.
Early involvement shapes outcomes. Late involvement manages consequences.
The window for meaningful input closes earlier than most organisers expect.