https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/protecting-campers-carbon-monoxide-poisoning

This year’s summer camp season is over, and you’ve brought joy to hundreds or thousands of children and an incredible experience to staff members. Congratulations! Now it’s time to start thinking...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-your-vehicles-drivers-rolling-safely-season

The summer camping season is upon us! Welcoming user groups, families, and campers to join you for a one-of-a-kind experience of fun, camaraderie, and personal growth takes considerable preparation...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/what-if-it-does-happen-camp-security-%E2%80%93-plans-make-actions-take

In July 2011, Anders Brevik detonated a "car bomb," killing eight people in the Parliament Building in Oslo, Norway. He then proceeded to shoot and kill 69 participants at the Workers Youth League...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you-improving-incident-documentation

A group of teenage campers was participating in a team building activity that required them to solve a problem. One of their solutions to was to raise one of the smallest kids as high as they could...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/armed-dangerous-fugitive-situations-near-camp

In the summers of 2017 and 2018, the West Virginia 4-H camp program experienced multiple incidents where camps were locked down due to armed suspects in the area. In one incident, a man stole a truck...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/everything-has-changed-abuse-prevention-camp-age-metoo

In December of 2018, CBS News broadcast a report detailing more than 500 allegations of child sexual abuse at summer camps over a period of more than 50 years (CBS News, 2018). The numbers are...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/changing-framework-abuse-prevention-training

This past summer was one of navigating “firsts.” For many camps, it was navigating a reopening in the middle of a pandemic. For others it was dealing with the challenges created by quarantines and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preventing-peer-peer-abuse-supervision-line-defense

It was 1995. TLC, Alanis Morissette, and Boyz II Men were riding high in the music charts. Apollo 13 and the original Toy Story were in the movie theaters. Michael Jordan made his...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-you-prepared-bear-if-not-how-will-you-respond-armed-intruder

Running a camp is challenging. Running a camp in the United States, where violent events occupy the 24-hour news cycle, is even more difficult. There are so many risks and expectations to manage....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/security-check

A list of of ACA and federal security resources.