Safety Committee

Purpose

The Safety Committee facilitates a safe and fun environment for all attendees at ComFest. We are not bouncers or bullies.  Instead, Safety volunteers are the "event hosts," working to give help and solve problems in a friendly, positive manner.  The committee seeks level headed individuals dedicated to solving problems in a non-violent respectful manner.

Learn More

Safety volunteers at the barricades offer people entering the festival a Program Guide filled with lots of useful information and ComFest Rules. The barricade volunteers work with our Special Duty Columbus Police officers who oversee traffic at the entry points.

Safety Rovers mingle with the crowd and patrol different areas of ComFest looking for people needing help or information. A safety rover might encounter kids looking for lost parents or parents looking for lost kids. People also may have lost or found various items from keys to musical instruments. To reunite people with people or things volunteers direct folks to the Safety Base Station at the North end of the Residence House in the middle of Goodale Park.

Safety volunteers remind people of ComFest rules such as NO BYOB and no glass. People entering ComFest riding a bicycle, scooter or skateboard are asked to walk it through the park to keep both them and others safe.

Safety volunteers maintain contact with the Base Station, which helps monitor the activity of folks working their shifts. Base helps answer questions and refer questions to other committees.

Get Involved

If you are a friendly person with a positive attitude who likes to help others, we'd love for you to become a Safety volunteer.  Click here to sign up today!

Safety Training sessions for 2010 are as follows:

• Saturday, June 12th, at 3pm
• Sunday, June 13th, at 3pm
• Monday, June 21st, at 6pm
• Tuesday, June 22nd, at 6pm

If this is your first year volunteering with Safety, it is imperative you attend ONE of the training sessions above.  The sessions are exactly the same, simply pick the one with the day and time that works best for you.

Even if you've been with Safety for many years, it is still a good idea to attend a training session; there are various new things going on this year, and it's important for everyone to become informed and be prepared.