Keeping people safe in the Outdoors
Its purpose is to provide structure and opportunities for mediating knowledge creation in activity safety within the UK outdoor adventure activities sector. It is seen that there is a need to draw together the knowledge within our diverse sector, providing some structure and opportunities to share and promote the practice and learnings within this area.
To achieve this aim, the project is using the following objectives;
- Collection
- Curation
- Communication
The first objective of collection, stems from our need to understand the current trends and issues within the sector. Phase 1, which has been completed, with a published report, is the trial of a sector wide incident reporting form. This is to ensure the collection of relevant information for project outcomes, and that this form is appropriate for both the participants submitting data. This project is a joint project with the following organisations,
- University of Highlands and Islands | North, West & Hebrides,
- Adventure Activities Industry Advisory Committee.
- Institute for Outdoor Learning
If you would like to know more, please look out for updates here.
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Safety Management Reports
Safety Management Reports from across the Sector, and from other Sectors where there is transferrable learning. The reports can be filtered by activity/topic or year of publication. Each report is dated and provides information on how this incident can inform future safety management and decision making. This section includes Adventure Activities Licensing Service reports from 1999 – 2022.
Adventure RMS
Adventure RMS are appointed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) inspectorate, we provide statutory inspection services for licensable adventure activities as defined by the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004.
A Worldwide Perspective
Viristar, based in the United States, is a consulting and training company that provides risk management services to outdoor, environmental and other organizations world-wide. Here the CEO Jeff Baierlein gives an international perspective as he discusses the Collective Knowledge – Keeping People Safe in the Outdoors initiative.
Further Information
Investigating a Serious Incident
OEAP NG Document - Investigating a Serious Incident