Lifesaving And Emergency Equipment
No one likes to contemplate the possibility of a water-related accident, but the time you spend this spring preparing lifesaving and emergency equipment may mean a safer summer season.
Testing The Waters
Dear Camp Director:
“I am sending you my most precious possession, my child. For the next two weeks, my son's health and safety will be placed in the hands of a complete stranger at your camp.
Rules To Blob By
We camp people are a strange lot. We involve ourselves in discussions using terms such as blob, blobbing, blobber, blobbee, and then expect people to take us seriously.
Smooth Sailing At The Beach
It's another spectacular New Hampshire afternoon at Camp Birchmont as I sit alongside Lake Wentworth, enjoying a moment of quiet.
The Cement Pond
I recently watched one of the early episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies, where Jethro schemes to put an alligator in the cement pond to scare away all of Ellie Mae’s “critters.”
PRM -- Prevention, Recognition and Management
Since water and pool safety is such a huge issue for camps that provide aquatic recreation for their campers it's important to understand that the primary responsibilities of management and lifeguards are:
Emergency Response
The drowning process includes a series of destructive progressive stages, which will result in cardiac arrest and death if rapid and effective intervention is not provided by appropriately trained rescue
Aquatic Safety Review, Part 2
What follows is the second part of a three-part guide to the important checkpoints in an aquatics facility, whether indoors or outdoors, to help ensure safety.
Offer Swim Lessons
“We don’t offer swim lessons because… We don’t have any experience running a lesson program. We don’t have any instructors.”
Lifesaving And Emergency Equipment
No one likes to contemplate the possibility of a water-related accident, but the time you spend this spring preparing lifesaving and emergency equipment may mean a safer summer season.
A New Camp Every Week
A camp that began as an introduction to lifeguarding for kids too young to participate in our Junior Lifeguard program has now transformed into something much different. During a winter