Risk assessment on trips

On a trip, whether short or long, whether close or a long way away, always take time to do some risk assessment so that you are prepared. See post: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4916279693530706050&pli=1#editor/target=post;postID=6167297282748133231;onPublishedMenu=overviewstats;onClosedMenu=overviewstats;postNum=68;src=postnamek

• Make sure all staff know what the risks are and what to look out for.
  
• Have a plan of action for times when things go awry.
  
  • Do you have the equipment and supplies needed for the potential danger?
    
  • Is there help available nearby (or near enough for the potential danger)?
    
  • Do you have enough staff so that if you have to take someone to the hospital for physical risk situations or do emergency counseling and consoling for emotional or spiritual risk situations?
    
  • What if there are two injuries?
    
• Get advice from ground zero. If there is a question about the safety of an activity or a location (such as the Mexican Border), locate and call some neutral parties who have done the activity or who live in the specific area in question. Get their assessment (recognizing that it would not be wise for them to say that something is completely safe). Sometimes things look more dangerous from a distance and after sweeping and sensational news reports.