https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ropes-courses-climbing-towers-construction-operation

When incorporating a ropes course or climbing wall into your program, it is important that you use the same due diligence in regards to risk management that you would for other program areas such as...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aeds-setting-future-course-camps

Looking Back The May 2001 issue of The CampLine first addressed the issue of the need for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in camps. At that time there were a number of unresolved issues. Now...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/hipaa-privacy-rule-compliance-now-required

What are the implications for your camp? HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This law, passed by Congress in 1996, helps to protect individuals’ rights...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/colorado-law-lets-parents-waive-minors-right-sue

Colorado Senate Bill 253 was signed into law by the Governor on May 14. The new legislation expedites the legal process by making it legal for parents to release their minor’s rights to sue for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/routine-crisis-readiness-check

Risk management is one of those areas where we never really “arrive” and have it all together. We learn new things. We hear of challenges faced by other camps. We experience a tragedy such as 9/11...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-standards-crisis-planning

ACA accreditation standards have always provided guidance in identifying steps critical to crisis planning. The events of 9/11 may have generated new concerns that need to be added to camps’ plans...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/staying-camp-out-courthouse

The primary purpose of a risk management plan is not the avoidance of legal liability. Its purpose is the maintenance of a quality program; that is, one which deals reasonably and fairly with its...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/research-reveals-outdoor-industrys-safety-practices-concerns

According to the results of a recent survey of outdoor adventure program directors and risk managers, more outdoor education and adventure-based recreation programs are concerned about transportation...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/bats-camp

Most camps view bats in their environment as beneficial — eating large numbers of mosquitos and often providing important lessons for campers on relationships in the natural world. However, within...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ethics-twenty-first-century

A counselor asked for a private meeting with the camp director. She placed a plastic bag on the table and told the director that it fell out of a camper’s backpack. The bag contained photographs of...