MANAGEMENT

PROCEDURES IN
OUTDOOR
RECREATION
 Management Procedures

• Designed to provide a short

outline of the areas that should be
evaluated in order to develop a
comprehensive Safety
Management Program for your
organization
 Safety Management
∙ Activities
• What are the risk management factors in the
activity? Which can be controlled and which cannot
be
controlled?
• What skills are needed by participants?
• What skills are needed by leaders?
• What equipment is needed?
• What training in the use of the equipment is needed
by leaders, participants?
 Safety Management
∙ Populations
There are a number of factors in the populations that you
program for that can have impacts on safety.

These include:
• Age of participants
• Previous experience
• Physical condition
• Mental & emotional conditions
• Willingness to participate
 Safety Management
• Participants
• Who participates in the trip is
important!

• Participant Screening
1. Medical History Information
2. Physical Condition
3. Previous Experience
4. Other Information
 Safety Management
• PARTICIPANTS TRAINING
• Your goal is to have the participants be looking out for their own safety.
• One of the important things to do is to teach the Dynamics of Accidents
Model to all participants.
 Safety
Management
∙ Locations
• How much travel and what type
of travel are required?
• How will the participants or
group travel?
• How remote is the activity?
LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE
∙ Weather
• Activity,
• Location,
• Season
SAFETY PROCEDURES
• All activities can only be performed with equipment tested and certified
to standards where relevant.
 Leadership
Base Skills
• Activity Skills
• First Aid & Emergency Procedures
• Knowledge of the Dynamics of Accidents Model & Safety
Management
• Leadership & Group Dynamics Skills
• Understanding the Philosophy of the Organization
• Leader Skills Records
• Ongoing leader assessment
• Skill Updates
• Manuals
 Trip Planning
• PRE – TRIP INFORMATION

1. Activity
2. Skill level/Difficulty level
3. Equipment Needed
4. Policies
5. Waivers, Assumption of Risk
forms
 Trip Planning
• Trip planning is essential to operating a safe program.
• Route
• Weather
• Equipment Needed
• Who is in Charge?
• Emergency Protocols
 Guidelines
• Policy - a statement that establishes definitive parameters for program operation.

• Procedure - a method for acting in a particular situation. Procedures are typically less
mandatory than policies.

• Guidelines - a recommendation for how to proceed in a situation.

 Analysis
• Incident Data Collection & Analysis
1. Accident Reporting
2. Close Call Reporting
3. Data Analysis
4. Implementing Program Change