Safety on the agenda
Safety on the agenda
Safety on the agenda
It’s important to keep safety on the agenda of meeting at all levels of Scouting. Below is a short guide to the sort of items that might come up in the name of safety. Some things are shown under one heading, purely as an example, but may also apply to other meetings.
Group HQ buildings:
- Fire safety, assessment and evacuation plan
- Electrical testing, water testing and gas appliance testing
- Asbestos management
- Review of risk assessments
District campsite:
- Management of safe water source and control of Legionella
- Gas boilers and cookers and electrical testing
- Fire safety and asbestos management
- Maintenance and recording of all plant or machinery
- Running safe activities, safe equipment and instructors with appropriate permits
- Emergency procedures
- Risk assessments for tasks and activities on site
County meeting:
- Reviewing incidents and accidents around the County
- Ensuring good provision of training for leaders and managers to encourage safe Scouting
- Supporting statutory compliance for campsites/premises
Commissioners’ agenda - safety items
District/County activities and events:
- Risk assessments and control measures
- Leader in charge/camp chief
- Age appropriate activities
- Safe equipment
- Prompt reporting of incidents and accidents
- Keeping parents informed
Review of activities since last leaders’ meeting
Running an activity:
- Age appropriate activity for section
- Leader in charge
Being away from the HQ:
- Road safety
- Weather conditions
- Headcounts and registers of young people
- Transport
Setting up camp:
- Lifting and moving equipment
- Gas
Running a camp:
- InTouch process
- Knife, axe and saw
- Food storage and handling
Remember, everything has an element of safety. Sometimes it seems so obvious we forget to mention it to others to whom it may not be so obvious.