IFAI presents “Understanding Guidelines for the Safe Ballasting of Tents”
InTents | August 10, 2010
Because the tent installation industry is being asked to ballast (weight) instead of stake a tent, IFAI’s Tent Rental Division will hold an hour-long Webinar titled “Understanding Guidelines for the Safe Ballasting of Tents” on Tuesday, Aug. 17 at 3 p.m. The TRD believes it is the industry’s responsibility to develop guidelines before untrained officials and inspectors mandate methods for alternative anchoring techniques.
The Webinar will include a study providing guidelines on how to achieve the recommended weights with ballasting instead of anchoring. Recommended weights per tent leg will still be determined by the tent manufacturer.
Addressing the pros and cons of the study will be members from the IFAI Tent Rental Division Code Task Force, including:
- Ken Keberle, Karl’s Event Rentals
- Mike Holland, Chattanooga Tent Company
In addition to the presenters, a panel of industry representatives will be on hand, including: Joey Ruffin, Dirk Cos, Dan Nolan, Kathy Schaefer, Tom Markel and Michael Tharpe. Learn more about IFAI’s Tent Rental Division at www.tentexperts.org.
System requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
Register now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/386797371
Source: Tent Rental Division
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8:30 am CDT
Its a good start
This is something that every tent rental company should be aware of. Proper weighting has become such an undefined area in this industry. Education is the best way to approach this. It's only a matter of time before a major accident happens and the regulators will step in and thats when the real challenges will begin. Without proper rules and procedures in place we will all be subject to dificult if not impossible inspections. Lets all learn to do it right and make tent safety job number one.
7:17 am CDT
Kudo's for this!
What a great idea to put this in a webinar form.
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