Duty Of Care, Show-Stop Plans And Other Emergency Provisions

There.App is for engagement, enjoyment and focus around live activities, and adapts to what’s needed when things get less enjoyable

It’s a dangerous world out there. Opening a post that way would probably ring true at any time – it’s certainly the case right now in March 2026, with natural disaster risks driving up insurance costs, news stories about criminals marauding near popular resorts, and armed conflict shutting down major global travel hubs.

A few weeks ago we participated in the FestForums event, a business conference about festival production and operations, where safety and security were major topics. These sorts of productions can be prone to crowding, and usually there are some (most?) participants not employing their sharpest judgement. Festivals are frequently in spots that may be beautiful, but also vulnerable to severe weather incidents or other environmental risks. One FestForums panel mentioned incidents of loss of life at events that lacked show-stop plans to monitor and trigger shutting things down and clearing people out in certain conditions. 

Shortly after FestForums, we were talking with a major travel agency that just had to manage evacuating guests from settings facing threats. In those circumstances, service providers have duty-of-care responsibilities to tend to clients and on-site teams. While facing threats is thankfully not normal in the sorts of on-site, live activities There.App supports, of course it happens, and our software’s broad functional scope and lightweight, flexible configurability can adapt to whatever circumstance arises when groups of people are together in places.

These recent experiences inspired us to put together a hypothetical There.App project showcasing our duty-of-care capabilities. The scenario is a Caribbean corporate retreat during hurricane season. In advance, pages can be built for various emergency scenarios in our BOARD module, but those pages can be initially concealed so that by default participants don’t get distracted by potential calamities while they access There.App for relevant details about the business and recreation activities. But, if storm conditions mount, the page can be opened to the full team, and further promoted by starring, pinning and messaging. That page can include clearly formatted instructions integrated with visuals, and contextual and actionable contents like point-people to reach via multiple communications methods (including There.App CHAT) for assistance; key spots people may need to get to integrated with navigation; contingent schedules for evacuation; files, web sites and videos for background and clarification; and checklists of things that need to get done. It’s live and interactive to stay relevant through developments. And There.App’s distinctive location SHARE features can be especially valuable for keeping track of everyone being safely situated.

There's quite a bit of content in that project we built to illustrate this crucial value. Please contact us if you want to go through it together live. Especially at times like now, it's important to reassure that everything possible is being done to maximize people's safety and demonstrate duty-of-care fulfillment. It also happens to be great illustration of There.App overall value of assuring on-site teams are informed, in-touch and on top of execution, whatever's the current objective: education, inspiration, having fun, or staying safe.