Pat Hoffman, corporate vice president of risk management and safety at US theme park operator Six Flags, has been honoured by the ASTM Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices, with the Jimmy Floyd Award for his many years of dedicated service as a member of ASTM.

Hoffman has been recognised for his technical contributions to the development and improvement of amusement ride standards and for invaluable leadership resulting in the use and application of F24 standards within the amusement industry.

The award is given in memory of the portable amusement industry veteran Jimmy Floyd’s many years of exemplary service to ASTM and the amusement industry.

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