ESTA to develop ANSI standard for Weapons Safety in Entertainment Productions

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Below is the text from a letter we are sending out to folks who might be interested in contributing to the project.
If you are interested in becoming involved you can fill out the attached form and submit it.
There is a $100/yr participation fee required to help defray the cost of producing the documents
.

We are reaching out to you on behalf of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) and its Technical Standards Program.

A new ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Safety Standards project for Weapons Safety in Entertainment Productions has been approved by the ESTA Technical Standards Council.

Your name has come to our attention due to your involvement with this subject matter and we wanted to be sure that you are aware of this important safety standards project and have an opportunity to participate in creating it.

The purpose of this project is to create an American National Standard, in the form of a guidance document, for safeuse of weapons or weapon-like properties (props) in entertainment event productions. It will cover prop weaponssuch as those that look like firearms (whether capable of firing cartridges or not), edged weapons(e.g., swords and knives), and projectiles (e.g., arrows and darts). The standard would only cover weapons and weapon-like props used on stages, in motion picture studios, or on motion picture locations in the production of a staged or filmed event. It would not cover weapons used by security forces or carried by audience members or staff for personal protection. It also would not cover weapons used in sporting events. The goal is to eliminate injuries and deaths from weapons or weapon-like props used in entertainment productions.

There will be formal published announcements of this project with an invitation to apply for membership in the Working Group. Membership is open to all parties who are affected by the work of the group; membership in ESTA is not a requirement.

You can find out more about ESTA and the Technical Standards Program at this web site link:

TSP (esta.org)

A variety of interest groups are welcomed so that we can have wide entertainment industry representation for the new standard.

Attached is an application form for membership in the working group. If you are interested, please return it to the Technical Standards Program Managers.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Stephen Vanciel,

Mal Boland,

Ethan Gilson,

Weapons Safety Working Group co-chairs
 

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Below is the text from a letter we are sending out to folks who might be interested in contributing to the project.
If you are interested in becoming involved you can fill out the attached form and submit it.
There is a $100/yr participation fee required to help defray the cost of producing the documents
.

We are reaching out to you on behalf of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) and its Technical Standards Program.

A new ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Safety Standards project for Weapons Safety in Entertainment Productions has been approved by the ESTA Technical Standards Council.

Your name has come to our attention due to your involvement with this subject matter and we wanted to be sure that you are aware of this important safety standards project and have an opportunity to participate in creating it.

The purpose of this project is to create an American National Standard, in the form of a guidance document, for safeuse of weapons or weapon-like properties (props) in entertainment event productions. It will cover prop weaponssuch as those that look like firearms (whether capable of firing cartridges or not), edged weapons(e.g., swords and knives), and projectiles (e.g., arrows and darts). The standard would only cover weapons and weapon-like props used on stages, in motion picture studios, or on motion picture locations in the production of a staged or filmed event. It would not cover weapons used by security forces or carried by audience members or staff for personal protection. It also would not cover weapons used in sporting events. The goal is to eliminate injuries and deaths from weapons or weapon-like props used in entertainment productions.

There will be formal published announcements of this project with an invitation to apply for membership in the Working Group. Membership is open to all parties who are affected by the work of the group; membership in ESTA is not a requirement.

You can find out more about ESTA and the Technical Standards Program at this web site link:

TSP (esta.org)

A variety of interest groups are welcomed so that we can have wide entertainment industry representation for the new standard.

Attached is an application form for membership in the working group. If you are interested, please return it to the Technical Standards Program Managers.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Stephen Vanciel,

Mal Boland,

Ethan Gilson,

Weapons Safety Working Group co-chairs
Sent the form just now. Holler if you need anything more, or if I somehow stumbled on this simple form. :D
 

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