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January 2009

2009 Sponsors and Partners:

BIRMINGHAM ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE2009 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FLOATS

PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

Section One – entry of floats

1 All floats from community groups are entered free of charge.Floats from a commercial organisation, or a sponsored community group, will be charged an entry fee per vehicle.2 All float organisers must complete an entry form (contained within this pack) and return it to the Festival office

3 Once your application has been received, you will receive confirmation by post and instructions on how to bring thefloat to the form up area

Section Two – your float

4 It is the float organiser’s responsibility to ensure that their float has the following safety items:a.

a fully serviceable fire extinguisherb.

safety barriers, in the form of secured scaffolding, on all open sides of vehicles; somewhere safe forpassengers to either sit on or hold onto whilst the float is movingc.

somewhere for float passengers to sit or hold onto during traveld.

a basic first aid kit (not compulsory but advisable)5 Only community registered floats will be eligible for the BESTFLOAT award.6 All floats are to ensure that they have insurance.

7 We must remind you that you must follow the Highway Code at all times when making you way around the Paraderoute. All loads or parts of the float must be secured and not likely to part company with the float at any time.Passengers must not travel on the back of the float going to or from the parade; any passengers who travel must bewithin the cab and seated at all times.

8 Once the Parade has started, all passengers must remain on the float until it has reached the float disembarkationarea and comes to a complete stop. If any Chief Stewards spot passengers boarding or alighting the float once ithas joined the Parade, then that float will be in jeopardy of being directed from the route to a side street and willtake no further part in the Parade.

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Birmingham City Council’s Safety Officer has the power to prevent any float from taking part that is deemed noncompliant with these guidelines

Section Three - arriving at the form up area at Camp Hill on Parade Day

10 On the morning of the parade, you will be required to form up in the holding area between the junction of BradfordStreet/Camp Hill and Camp Hill Circus. On arrival, you will be required to confirm the details of the organiser anddriver

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11 You will be issued with a registration number - this should be clearly placed in the windscreen of the float, or in aclear, prominent position for horse-drawn vehicles. This will make the judging of the float easier for the BESTFLOATaward.

12 All floats must provide two stewards to walk alongside their float. The float stewards must be 18 or over and

must notconsume any alcohol

before and during the parade.

13 Your stewards will be required to obtain their safety bibs from 10.30 onwards from the lead bus which will be locatedat the junction of Bradford Street and Camp Hill at the Parade Start location.

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