Camp Safety

Many adults reflect on childhood summer camp experiences as some of their happiest and most meaningful memories from youth. Camp administrators can help create more of these adult advocates by ensuring the wellbeing of current young campers, who—thanks to a safe and productive environment—will leave their camp retreats to enter adolescence or adulthood armed with life lessons and memories of joy.

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Follow these steps to keep your camp safe this summer:

Step1: Read this article on Camp Safety:

• Preparing to Care for Campers

Step 2:Read these articles on Child Sexual Abuse:

• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
• Preventing Abuse and Preparing for a Response

Step 3: Determine what kind of training your organization needs:

• Abuse Prevention Training Needs Assessment
• Abuse Prevention Monitoring Area Assessment

Step 4: Be prepared with these sample abuse questions and parent/guardian notification letter:

• Sample Allegations of Abuse Questions
• Sample Parent/Guardian Response Notification Letter

Step 5: Share these short training videos with your staff

• Summer Camps – “Adopting a Culture of Safety”
• Summer Camp- Golf Carts and Similar Vehicles
• Helping Prevent Food Poisoning at Camp
• Summer Camp- Sun Safety
• Summer Camp- Prevent Bullying at Camp
• Reporting Inappropriate Behaviors

 

Additional Resources:

• Stay Safe of the Playground
• Playground Equipment Guidelines 
• Stay Safe on Inflatable Amusement Rides
• Swimming Pool Safety
• Testing and Identifying Swimmers
• Aquatic Safety – “Staying Focused”
• Aquatic Safety – “Staying Focused” infographic
• Special Event Planning
• Protect Your Business with a Violence Prevention Program
• Concussion Prevention: Creating a Safe Sport Culture
• Campground Management Safety Checklist
• Heat Stress Exposures and Controls
• Mosquito Bite Prevention
• Summer Camp Safety – Outdoor Archery Ranges
• Outdoor Archer Safety