Being Safety-Wise

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  • What are Safety Activity Checkpoints?

  • Why are they important to me?

  • How will they be useful to me in planning girl activities?


    • Volunteer Essentials, Chapter 4: Safety-Wise and the Safety Activity Checkpoints are our Girl Scout guides for planning safe activities with girls. As an adult volunteer, you will find thethese two documents to be some of your of the most valuable tools for responsible leadership.

    Access these documents through the following links:
                            2010 Volunteer Essentials
                            2010 All Safety Activity Checkpoints

    We are not able to cover ALL the activities you may want to do with your group, but in this chapter we have chosen a few areas to focus on. The following chapters will present critical information on adult supervision, emergency preparedness, and security and risk management.

    To answer the questions below, you'll need to open the web page for the Safety Activity Checkpoint being discussed. For more general information, see Volunteer Essentials, Chapter 4: Safety-Wise. Have fun exploring!



    1) When planning a trip, the leader should do which of the following:
         A)  Communicate with council and parents
         B)  Plan appropriate clothing and supplies
         C)  Check the Safety activity Checkpoint guidelines
         D)  Check with the council about council specific requirements
         E)  Make transportation plans
         F)  All of the above

    The term "first aider" is used to refer to an adult who has taken Girl Scout council-approved first-aid and CPR training.

    2) What levels of CPR must the "first-aider" complete?
         A)  Level appropriate for the age group they work with
         B)  Child, Adult, and Infant CPR
         C)  Infant and Child CPR

    3) The determining factor as to needing "Level 2 First Aider" is: (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  Girl Scout Daisies or Brownies are included in the event
         B)  Any activity which includes flame or fire
         C)  Any part of the activity is located 60 minutes or more from emergency medical services

    4) Girls are allowed to use firearms (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  Never
         B)  Only if over the age of 12
         C)  Only if hunting
         D)  Only with council permission
         E)  B and D

    5) Who should you connect with for suggestions of sites and facilities used for overnight trips or camping? (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  Girl Scout Council
         B)  Troop Leader
         C)  Troop Parents

    6) When camping, a female leader is allowed to sleep in the same tent as the girls (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  True
         B)  False
         C)  Only if there is another unrelated adult female in the tent

    7) Adult males are allowed to go on overnight trips with the girls as long as they have separate sleeping and toilet facilities. (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  True
         B)  False

    8) Girl Scout Daisies may participate in overnight camping. (Group Camping: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  True
         B)  False

    9) Before going on a hike, search and rescue procedures for missing persons should be written out. (Hiking: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  True
         B)  False

    10) Ensure that the hiking group consists of a minimum of ___ people. (Hiking: Safety Activity Checkpoint)
         A)  4
         B)  6
         C)  8




    • Check out the Outings and Overnights handout for activities to help your girls be safety-wise.



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