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Black Friday (partying)
In the United Kingdom, Black Friday is a nickname especially within the emergency services for the last Friday before Christmas, as this is the most popular night for office Christmas parties, which consequently makes it one of the busiest nights in the year for ambulances and the police.〔(BBC News, 22 December 2007: "'Black Friday' keeps police busy" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(BBC News, 20 December 2008: "'Black Friday' keeps crews busy" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(The Guardian, 18 December 2008: "Ambulance service braced for 'Black Friday'" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(Nursing Times, 18 December 2008: "Warning over alcohol at christmas parties as 'Black Friday. for 999 calls looms" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(BBC News Wales, 17 December 2010: "Second snow band brings disruption across much of Wales" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕 However, in most of the United Kingdom, including Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, East Anglia, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the Friday is also referred to as Black Eye Friday, due to extremely high number of fights that break out in bars, pubs and clubs in the area.〔(The Cumberland News, 18 December 2008: "Cumbrian Police braced for Black Eye Friday" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(Cumbria Crack, 14 December 2011: "Police crackdown on violence in the countdown to ‘Black Eye Friday’" ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕〔(Real Whitby, 7 December 2012: ''Black Eyed Friday In Whitby'' ) Re-linked 2014-12-05〕
In 2013, it began to also be named Mad Friday〔(Daily Mail, 22 December 2013: "'Mad Friday' fallout: Emergency services inundated as drinkers descend on towns and cities on last weekend before Christmas" ) Linked 2014-12-05〕 or Builders' Friday (the last day of work for many construction workers) in parts of South Yorkshire and West Midlands, probably to avoid confusion with the American shopping phenomenon at the end of November also called Black Friday.
==Safety concerns and preventive measures==
In anticipation of the festivities, police and emergency services officials begin their preparations for BlackFriday early in December. Ambulance trusts around the country plan and set up mobile "drunk tanks" in city centers to help lighten the load on hospitals and police cells. Some of the higher end mobile units can treat up to 11 people at a time with eight beds, seats with restraint straps and two showers, and can cost up to £500,000.〔 In Manchester, temporary metal detectors, or "knife arches," are erected in the busiest parts of the city to assure the public that no weapons of any kind will be tolerated.
One preventative initiative in particular seems to be paying off: social media. In December 2013, Greater Manchester Police promoted using the hashtag #MadMancFriday to expose some of the embarrassing things that revelers would do in the hopes of discouraging them from getting so publicly drunk again next year. Christian Nightlife Initiatives have launched a "StaySafe" campaign to encourage responsible behavior via social media.〔 A 2014 report on the festivities notes that erratic behavior was toned down, as a result of the increased awareness of the ruinous effects of instantaneous social media posts.
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