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Safety Moments are exactly what the name implies: opportunities to prepare for an activity, review safety measures and report incidents correctly. Topics of this new series include incident reporting helps, safe use of medication in Scouting, weather-related safety, winter activity, and winter sports.
Safety Moment
All Scouts and Scout leaders—as representatives of an organization whose motto is “Be Prepared”—should be sure they are always ready with an appropriate first-aid kit when it’s needed. Your kit might be simple or more complex if you are trained to use it properly. But the kit must always be on hand and stocked with every essential item.
https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/safety-moments/first-aid-kits/
Certificates of insurance
They verify that Scouting America and local councils have insurance for an event or activity. In most cases when Scouting and Exploring activities are held at locations other than Scout property, the location requires a certificate of insurance from Scouting America. The other parties usually want to be added to Scouting America’s general liability policy as an additional insured.
https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/safety-moments/certificates-of-insurance/
There are times when the other organization provides a contract or facility use agreement for the Scouting event or activity and will include insurance requirements. These documents will need to be reviewed very carefully. Sometimes wording in these documents can put the Scouting organization, councils, and leaders into a situation where the insurance policy is accepting the fault of the other party or holding the other party harmless for their own negligent acts. If these documents have this type of wording, the certificate of insurance would not be issued and should not be signed.
● Local councils can issue certificates of insurance for organizations requesting to be an additional insured.
● If the event or activity has special requirements, the certificate of insurance must be issued by the Risk Management Team in Scouting America’s national service center. Work with the local council for the certificate of insurance.
● Many times, there are contracts or facility use agreements for the activity or event. These papers should be reviewed by the local council. Always allow time for reviewing, possibly revising, and issuing certificates of insurance.
● Anytime contracts or facility use agreements require a signature, keep in mind that only the local council Scout executive, or his or her designee, can sign documents binding the local council
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