Health Safety Emirates – Moviemaking Risk Management Experts…. Passionate about Film Production…

ABU DHABI | DUBAI | KSA | LONDON

Our Testimonials

“Gareth - just a quick note to say thank you for your continued thorough and well laid out work. We’ve been very impressed by your positive approach to our work and our Cast have been at pains to stress how safe they feel with your oversight. As well as my crew. We work with a LOT of people all over the world and wish we could take you with us!”

“The initial response and ongoing monitoring of my situation was far beyond anything I would have expected. Your personal involvement and presence was really appreciated”

“Just wanted to say that you are all doing an incredible job with all of the risk assessments and H&S work. The paperwork you are producing and providing is immaculate to a worldwide standard. Thank you and keep up the good work.”

“This is just a message to say thank you again for pulling through on another one. I’d go to war with you guys!”

HSE Middle East: Your Premier Partner in Film Production Risk Management: Safety, Security & Medical

Certified to ISO 9001 & ISO 45001—excellence in quality, safety, and risk management for the film and media industry. Trusted by studios, proven on set.

Led by Gareth Thomas, the GCC's leading film production safety and security advisor. Specialising in comprehensive safety and security management, from remote landscapes to high-risk scenes.

Our services include full medical provision, response, and treatment, ensuring seamless care of the highest international standards for our crew. We also provide complete security solutions, including close protection, tailored to safeguard productions in any environment.

We are experts in compliance management, risk framework development, and safety governance—protecting what matters most. From managing at-height operations, pyrotechnics, stunts, rigging, picture vehicles, and aerial operations to meeting general location and production needs, every aspect of your production is met with meticulous safeguarding.

Our Services

Production Safety

Security

Medical

Additional Services

Risk Leadership & Safety Consultancy

After over a decade of setting the benchmark for production safety and operational risk management across the Middle East, Health Safety Emirates launched its specialist division—Risk Leadership & Safety Consultancy.

This division is built on a foundation of regional insight and global assurance, delivering high-level advisory services to sovereign entities, infrastructure operators, government agencies, and multinational corporations operating in high-risk and complex environments across the GCC.

It is led by a panel of internationally recognised experts, each with deep operational experience across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Among them:

Terry Johnson FIFireE, Regional President of the Institution of Fire Engineers (UAE), leads our Fire & Life Safety and Emergency Response strategy. With over 47 years in fire service leadership—including 12 years with Dubai Civil Defence—he is regarded as the foremost authority in the UAE and arguably KSA.
Richard Bate CFIOSH, FIIRSM, President Elect of IOSH, brings three decades of global experience across mega-events and infrastructure, specialising in integrated safety, sustainability, and strategic risk management.
Dr. Vaibhav (Ved) Sharma, Medical Director of Amara Healthcare, leads our executive medical risk division, providing clinical governance and medical readiness for elite and remote operating environments.

Our consultancy services include: