Transcript Rebecca Bear and Nancy Oswald (ppt 2.6 MB)

Urban Outdoor
Program Risk
Management
Wilderness Risk Management
Conference
October 2008
Why Urban Risk Management at WRMC?
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Urban programs are rapidly growing.
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Urban outdoor programs pose unique
risk management considerations.
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One day and short programs have not
been very well examined within the
industry.
Areas of Adaptation
Partnerships
Incident
Staffing
&Training
Response
Program
Design
Legal
Communication
Curriculum
Policy &
Protocols
Carousel activity
Go to each Program component posted around the room and think about a program
that you are involved with…
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What stays the same in an urban environment?
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What is different and how?
SMALL GROUP EXERCISE
Review your Assigned topic area
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What would you add?
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How do you see this in your program?
Some areas of difference and how they show up
• Language, cultural, ability, experience differences
• Rapid and available communications
• More frequent interactions with the public
• Courses operate with new definitions of “outdoor education”
What REI Is Doing
Partnerships
Staffing
&Training
Policy &
Protocols
Working with land
agencies and other urban
programs to offer
programming.
Staff training designed
for online, self study
and shorter ongoing
training events. 90% PT
employees.
SOPs, LOPs and Course
Area Guides address lower
level of training and ease of
emergency response.
Curriculum
Shorter programs
require focused
educational outcomes
and several courses to
reach completion of
skills
Communication
Legal
Incident
Response
Electronic and mobile
communications are core in
program management. Anticipate
student cell phone use in incident
response.
Employment law compliance,
medical screening, liability
release signing on day of,
electronic record management
Early departure,
evacuation, incident
response address
client base and
proximity to help
What SCA Is Doing
Partnerships
Staffing
&Training
New program
models, MOUs and
agreements
Accessibility of training,
type of skills trained
Communication
Legal
Incident
Policy &
Protocols
Curriculum
Developed and field
tested, communication
technology policies and
practices
Expanding workforce
readiness training
Response
Technology use in
field by leaders and
members
Employment law compliance and
training, administrative process
review
Community based
simulations, customized
field reviews
Questions or Comments?
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Nancy Oswald, The SCA, [email protected]
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Rebecca Bear, REI Outdoor School, [email protected]