Thread: seizures & haunt safty

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I believe last year at this local profestional Haunted House, a girl litterly fainted and passed out due to the strobe lights. It was a really bad time, the fire truck and the ambulince rushed her to the hospital. (it was in the paper)

SO with that being said, should we post warnings for people about lighting. I'v herd that strobe lights can cause people to have seizures.

i think if multiple strobes or similar lighting effects are used some sort of warning should be in place to keep people safe

the same goes for fog because some people have a terrible reaction to the fake fog and it could hospitalize or even be fatal

if your not sure; a warning could be a good thing just in case.

Yes, strobes can be a cause of epileptic seizures.

Most folks with epilepsy know they have it, and typically avoid anyone's haunt just because there might be a strobe light in use, in my experience. However, a "Strobe light in use" sign or something certainly wouldn't hurt.

Personally, I don't use the things because I KNOW for a fact a number of folks coming through have epilepsy, and I've purposely kept it safe for them.

I'm planing on making it part of my greeter welcome.

Thanks for the advice and comments. A greater is a great idea. I'll be sure to mention all of that. But then again, I'm most likey not doing a walk through the whole house just the front yard. But thanks a billion.

Fog machines, strobe lights, mold, cat dander, loud noises, these are all potential complaints and problems, usually only found if the customers are indoors though.
These can be real problems ...but then again in October some people are drug along to a haunted house and they don't really want to be there.
My haunted house is open every night of the year and problems and problem customers do increase in October for various reasons.
Some disgruntled customers here might be that way because their friend told them how impressive and fantastic my place is (to them, of course) and their friend envisions a place that does gore and Hollywood monsters and strobe lights , ex cetra, along with all the myriad of other commonly found "haunted house" items that are not here, sorry.
I make my own monsters and run my tour the way I think it should be run, trying to mate it to the group's expectations...but I sure do get fearful reactions from a great number of people, then if they laugh about it right afterwards...it's perfect!

Not sure if it's law, but for you own liablilty protection you should display at least one sign indicating strobes, flashers, fog &/or sirens are in use.

my rules sign has all kinds of warnings. lights , fog machines, uneven ground, low ceilings in areas . We also tell them they 'will" get scared, thay we have a high startle haunt. People have told us they have eplipsy before hand, and we just shut off the stobes for them, no probs!

Wouldn't it be easier to come up with universal symbols for the warning?
And a key to explain the symbols for easier understanding. For example, some haunts use a number of skulls to stand for the scare factor. Strobes = lightning bolt & so on...

Survival of the fittest,
just prop there shaking bodies in a corner & throw a mask on them