The document discusses the importance of risk management in pathfinder camp activities, emphasizing that effective planning can prevent accidents and maintain trust between the camp and parents. It highlights common risks faced during camping, such as personal injuries, severe weather, and bullying, and outlines essential components of a risk management plan, including staff selection and training. It advocates for well-prepared safety protocols and effective communication to safeguard campers and promote a healthy camping environment.

1. RISK Management in
pathfinder activities:
Safety – wisdom to
campers and staffers

2. The camp: Slogan
“A safe camp is a healthy camp.”

3. PATHFINDER
 Pathfinder activities are constantly increasing in
many parts of the world. In Pathfindering, a
camp might be said of one of the high –
demanded priorities of curriculum – based
activity.
 Every year Pathfinder clubs slot schedule on
camp operations.

4.  As interest in camping grows high, of course they also
present a constant challenge and persistent.
Sometimes or even frequently accidents happen
because the plan was not well – prepared.
 These risks with curtain circumstances in some areas
may result deadly and life threatening for some. This
severity of an accident can actually ruin a camp
forever or at least accidents have a direct and indirect
impact on camp activity.
 Most regrettable is that losing trusts and parents
attitude toward church camp and its personel.
The challenge

5. Some worst examples or accidents
or severe weather condition
1. a camper gets hurt (threats)
2. Personal injuries: jellyfish, stings, bee stings,
snake bites, poisonous plants.
3. Dehydration
4. Typhoon/storm
5. Accident during track and trail (fracture, etc)
6. Property is damaged/vehicle collision

6. Some worst examples or accidents
or severe weather condition
7. Heatstroke
8. Asthma
9. Violence
10. Vandalism
11. Bullying
12. Lightning/thunder
13. Panic Stricken campers/losses

7. Toward a professional Pathfinder
camp
 What would you do when there is an
accident/incident that takes life – changing at
your camp?
 Rarely do you have any warning before
accident strikes. In fact, it usually happens
when you least expect it.
 Perhaps you would able to say, “We did
everything we could to prevent tragedy.”

8. Aftermath incident
 The fact that risk is often changing and it so
happened beyond human self awareness. Then
the next problem you need to face is to make
good explanation to parents about what is
happening with which creates uneasiness.

9. A kind of camp
 Well – prepared and planned risk management
has offered many camp professionals like boys
scouts of America (BSA), the opportunity to take
more control of their sites and in their camp
programs.
 Every professional camp in North American
Division (NAD) has signed for their camp quality
and certified programs accredited by the
national accrediting body for camp programs
namely American Camp Association (ACA).

10. ACA?
Credited over 2, 400 Christian and Non –
denomination camps along with its 300
standards for health, safety and program quality.
Not only that, all counselors who work in a certain
activity such as Ropes and Rock climbing must
pass a strict two – day training and certification
program taught by an Association of Challenge
Course Technology trainer.

11. In our denomination
Our denomination also has been organizing an
outstanding summer camp (for youth,
Pathfinders and Adventurers) focusing on
teamwork, self – esteem, positive attitude, life
skills; healthy problem – solving, and conflict
strategies.
The camp staff were also carefully screened and
selected to b e positive Christian role models.

12. The instructors
They are well – qualified, certified instructors and
have rteceived specialized and professional
training in their areas where applicable.
The camp also uses the counselor – in – training
system where all the counselors have obtained
basic training in child psychological
development to nurture for their affinity to
children.

13. WHAT IS RISK MANAGEMENT?
In common understanding, “the key elements of
an effective risk management strategy are to
endeavor to anticipate what can go wrong,
reduce the chances that it will go wrong, and
plan what to do when it does go wrong (because
something certainly will).

14. WHAT IS INVOLVED IN RISK
MANAGEMENT PLAN?
In the context of Asia where we recite and do our
camp activities, . . . Camp should meet up to
300 standards for health, safety and program
quality.
The initial step involved in risk management
planning must include in identifying all the areas
camp that might have some risk involved.
After identifying risks, it is necessary to determine
how that risk will be manage.

15. WHAT IS INVOLVED IN RISK
MANAGEMENT PLAN?
Camp saafety committee should do round – table
meeting to reduce possible risks, transfer it or
possibly avoid it.
FOUR FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES: Risk reduction
1. Staff selection
2. Training
3. Supervision
4. (re) evaluation

16. WORK PLAN: Let’s get busy
Many outdoor educators have been developed a
variety of theoretical methods and strategies
but, essentially written risk management so far
is the most practical and successful.
Many camp leaders use their natural instinct or
learned – by – experience method in conducting
a camp.

17. SOME SAFETY WISDOM FOR
COMPONENTS OF A RISK
MANAGEMENT PLAN
1. Change of Command (Risk Management
Committee) Put the committee in organizational
structure/chart and job description. Who will
exercise the authority at time of emergency or
worst things happen to control situation.
2. Proper selection of staff and Training. How
much time do you devote to staff selection?
3. Proper supervision must be maintained at all
times.

18. SOME SAFETY WISDOM FOR
COMPONENTS OF A RISK
MANAGEMENT PLAN
4. Take stock of your land and location. Asses
your camp ground size, facilities, water features,
plants, animals, challenge course, terrain and
other structure.
5. guidelines for communication. We communicate
effectively (clear, honest on – going
communication is critical).camps should have an
established plan for safeguarding the campers.