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Scouting & Activity Safety
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Who Thinks Safety Matters?
n First Presidency – n Annual Letter – Safety in Church Activities
n BSA Key Three n Statement of Support
n Parents n Expectation - “In Loco Parentis” (It refers to an individual who assumes parental status
and responsibilities for another individual, usually a young person, without formally adopting that person.
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Elder Quentin L. Cook - The Importance of Safety?
Watch Video
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Overall Perspective
n 449,077 registered LDS Scouts-youth n 242,911 registered LDS Scouts-adults n 38,168 registered LDS units
(Cubs, Scouts, Varsity, Venturing)
n Most Scout units meet weekly (3x per month) n Approximately 1,374,048 meetings/yr
n Many units camp once a month (10 months)
n If 70% of all units camp= 267,176 nights/yr
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Serious Incidents Occur!
n Automobile accidents n Hiking & Falls n Aquatics
n Swimming* n Boating* n Diving* n Whitewater rafting* n Personal watercraft*
n Paintball /Airsoft guns* n Heart attack (adults) n Climbing & rappelling * n Snowmobiling n ATV use* n Zip lines* n Lightning strikes
Serious injuries or fatalities have resulted from:
*Activities requiring specialized training or that are unauthorized or restricted.
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World View of Risk…
Nike’s 2014 marketing campaign during the World Cup Championships garnered 122.2 million views.
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Risk is like fire: If controlled it will help you… if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.
…Theodore Roosevelt
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What tools, resources, and practices are you using now to keep your youth safe?
Safety Best Practices that will reduce the risk of injuries, incidents, losses, and litigation...
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Be Involved Priesthood Leaders
n Ask – n When? n Where? n Who? n How? n Why?
n D&C 43:8 “When ye are assembled together…”
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Responsibility to Instruct… n Stake Presidency – n High Councilor – n Stake Auxiliary Presidencies – n Bishop and His Counselors – n Ward YM President and His Counselors n Quorum Presidencies and Assistants to the
Bishop
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Encourage a “Safety Moment!” n Think the activity
through…end-to-end. n Ask – what might
happen if? n Look at all the
angles...especially if you’ve done it a thousand times before.
n Some level of risk is inherent in everything.
“It’s better to be careful a hundred times than to get killed once.”
- Mark Twain
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Where can we go for help? n Aaronic Priesthood website
n LDS Scouting Handbook
n Safety.lds.org website n Access to Church training resources n First Presidency Letter - Safety in Church Activities
n Scouting Safely website n Guide To Safe Scouting
n LDS-BSA Relationships website n Basic training requirements for new leaders
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LDS.org - Online Resources
Access from lds.org Serve and Teach > Aaronic Priesthood
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LDS Scouting Handbook (rev 5/2015)
n Important Clarifications of Key Areas n 8.19 - Multiple Unit and Long-term
Camps n 8.20 – Official Scouting Activities and
Unauthorized Activities n 8.21 – Liability Insurancen 8.22 – Church Activity Medical
Assistance
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Additional Church Resources
Access at safety.lds.org
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New Video Training Resourcesn Safety Through Planning & Relying on the
Spirit n Lightning Safety: Interview with a Cloud n Leader Fitness n Drowsy Driving
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Drowsy Drivingn Watch the video at: https://www.lds.org/callings/church-safety-and-health/training-and-video-resources/drowsy-driving
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BSA Online Resources
Access from http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/
HealthandSafety.aspx or search for “Scouting Safely”
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Scouting Safely Website n Home for –
n Guide to Safe Scouting n Annual Health and Medical Record n Sweet 16 of BSA Safety n Tour Plan n Incident Reporting
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LDS-BSA Online Resources
New Leader Training Resources
Access from ldsbsa.org
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LDS-BSA Relationships Website n Excellent resource for newly called leaders
in all families of Scouting n LDS-BSA Newsletters & Blog articles n General Resources
n Registration n Scouting positions calling list n Why Woodbadge? (advanced training) n Awards
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Know Risk …not No Risk!! n Key elements of a safe activity:
n Listen to the Spirit n Identify the purpose n Plan accordingly n Adequate leadership n Discipline
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Did I learn something today that can help keep my youth safe?
Little Philmont plans? We can help…
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Questions?
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Contact information:
Alan Rogers, CSHM Sr. Safety Manager – Loss Prevention Church Risk Management (801) 240-3547 / [email protected]