Equipment and Activity Safety
Each activity area (e.g., anything that includes water or a harness) during the summer has a highly trained leadership staff member (or two) who is responsible for a specific activity area. This is almost always an experienced staff member whose primary responsibility is to, not run the activity, but oversee the staff and equipment in their area. They are directly observing staff in their interaction with campers, their proficiency in running their activities and conducting debriefs, keeping track of equipment use and pulling any worn equipment from service, and conducting in-services with their staff in all areas where they see more education would benefit. These leadership staff have assistant activity directors they can call on for support or questions, as well as the activity director.
All water activities will require a lifejacket (provided by the camp) and will be supervised by lifeguards.
In addition to our leadership staff, safety checks on camp include:
High adventure activities are inspected annually by Experiential Systems Incorporated (ESI), an independent, certified, high adventure vendor member. Visit the ESI website at experientialsystems.com.
The activity director personally conducts all the High Adventure training according to current ACCT standards. Visit the ACCT website at acctinfo.org.
All buildings are swept frequently for potential safety and security issues.
Personal Safety
In order to protect children, our safety policy prohibits any leader from being alone in a private location with a camper. If a camper needs to return to their cabin for a sweatshirt, for example, a staff member will never do this alone with the camper—they will get another staff person to accompany them. If a one-on-one conversation is necessary between a staff member and a camper, it will always be in view of other people.