Risk Management Plan:

Activity: Orienteering
Leaders: TBC
Group: BPE 1

Date: 2015
Location: Tawaharanui Regional Park

Risks (significant potential losses)

1 Dehydration

4 Groups of students missing/lost

2 Injury from running, falling or impact

5 Hypothermia

3 Sunburn

6 Environmental Damage

Causal Factors (lemons)

Risk reduction strategies

People
Skills, attitudes, age,
fitness,
ratios,

-Course or task is to difficult the

ability of the group
-Student s do not follow instructions
or lack teamwork skills

-reiterate that the group needs to remain together

for the entire course
-mix the groups so that there is at least one more
experienced person in each group

experience, health etc.

-Group splits during the task

-inadequate or misunderstood
instructions
-Participants become dehydrated or
sunburned

-participants wear supportive, closed in active

footwear
-leaders emphasize the need for teamwork and
cooperation
-ensure that the leaders have a first aid kit and a
trained first aider
-check map reading ability before sending the
participants on the course
-ensure that emergency plans are well
communicated to the participants
Have a clearly established return and make sure
that the participants have a way to tell the time

Equipment

-inadequate food intake

-inadequate clothing for the activity
or weather
-leaders do see that adequate safety,
first aid and emergency gear is
carried for each group
-an up to date weather forecast is
not obtained or paid attention to
-Participants not properly briefed on
how to read the map or how to
navigate successfully
-participants do not have a means of

-waterproof the maps in case of wet weather

-check that students have water in their day packs
--ensure that all students have adequate footwear
and a sun hat before leaving
-leaders carry first aid kits
-leaders have the number of at least one group
member
-provide sunblock at the activity

Clothing,
shelter,
transport,
activity,
specific gear, safety gear
etc

communication
-maps become wet and unreadable
-not enough or inadequate maps
Environment
Weather, terrain, water,
season etc.

Critical incident management:

-windy and wet weather

-hot weather
-steep, uneven terrain
-tracks poorly signposted
-dangerous areas creeks, steep
banks, ocean
-cuts
or
abrasions
from
trees/branches

-ensure group is well geared up

-be prepared to alter plans according to the
conditions
-check weather forecast
-warm students
-ensure leaders have navigation skills and route
finding skills
-ensure students stay off the sand dunes
-remind students that Tawharanui is a regional
park
-caution students to take care and move at a pace
suitable to all in the group

Emergency procedures to manage each identified risk

Emergency gear required

1 Injury from running, falling or impact:

First aid kit- strapping tape, instant ice packs, crepe bandages,
Stop the group, apply cool water or instant ice pack to the injured people to assist patient, crutches, transport, stretcher.
area. If possible get the injured person to walk to a point
accessible by car and have someone stay with them while another
gets a vehicle to pick the patient up. Participants attract attention
using a whistle
2 Groups of students missing/lost: Brief the students on what to
do, stop, reassess the situation. Find the leader in the leader zone,
head towards the ocean/coastline and make way back to starting
point. Contact phone number to be called if group hasnt returned
by a certain time

Maps, compass, emergency gear: shelter, warm/waterproof gear,

food, whistle. Have leader zones where students know where to
return to if lost, have mobile numbers for the groups and check
they have leaders numbers, GPS. Spare clothes, extra food.
Leaders look for overdue members

3 Sunburn or heat exhaustion

Brief students on what to do, Water at start, and shade shelter
Should a participant become distressed they can abandon the available at the start.
course and return to the start, drink water, find shelter and rest
until able to start again.
4 Dehydration:
Brief students on drinking water regularly, provide water at the
Group members give water to the participant, rest and then start/finish.
abandon course and return to the start.
5 Environmental damage

DOC Tawaharanui Regional Park Brochures

Brief students on using fence crossings and staying off the sand
dunes etc Intervene if students are not respecting the
environment. Brief them on the responsible care of and for the
environment.