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Police, fire and volunteers lay out safety plan for River Run car show and tractor show
Summary
Chief Weidinger summarized crowd-management, mutual aid, EMS staging and drone/UAS patrols for the September River Run car show and the Power of the Past tractor show, saying the city coordinates volunteers and surrounding agencies to staff events safely.
Chief Weidinger told the commission the city has coordinated with event organizers, volunteers and mutual-aid agencies to support two large September events: the River Run car show and the Power of the Past tractor show.
The plan includes early setup in Forest Park, a Friday concert and a Saturday cruise night downtown with street closures beginning around 3 p.m. and a target reopening by about 11 p.m. Volunteers and car-club staff will help direct parking and the car club contracts with a local tow service to assist vehicle removal when necessary. "This is the 2nd year of the change doing it 4 to 9 instead of 5 to 10," Weidinger said, describing a revised cruise-night schedule requested by the car club.
Public safety resources include a posted command trailer, EMS in-park during day hours, Franklin County Emergency Management support, bike and foot patrols, UTV teams and use of drone/UAS units for aerial monitoring to reduce on-the-ground staffing needs. Chief Weidinger said roughly 100 downtown volunteers help during cruise night and about 15 overnight VIP volunteers provide additional support. The presentation was informational; no commission action was required.
