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Safety and Injury Prevention
The Canadian Ski Patrol's Motto in Action...
The motto for the Canadian Ski Patrol System is Safety and Service. Since its inception more than 60 years ago, the CSPS has had as its primary mission the prevention of injuries and the provision of first aid in cases of injury or sudden illness.
In the past few years, the snow sports industry had turned more and more to the CSPS as the front line of promotion of injury prevention and safety, because we are highly visible, present on the majority of trails and looked up to by skiers, boarders and the public in general.
CSPS members promote safety in three key ways:
1. By setting an example through their own actions, 2. By educating skiers through talks, presentations and discussions, and 3. By on-snow actions both in regard to the conditions and in dealing with dangerous or hazardous skiers.CSPS Safety and Injury Prevention Team Mission Statement
The National CSPS and Injury Prevention Team will actively promote all aspects of snow skiing/boarding/sliding safety and injury prevention. Through our commitment to education, we will strive to increase the safety awareness of the snow-riding public to make their activates safer and more enjoyable.
We will be the injury prevention leaders in the skiing industry, we will make a difference!
History of the Canadian Ski Patrol System's Safety Program
CSPS and Partners Safety Programs
A joint venture of the CSPS, CAA, Parks Canada and the Smartrisk Foundation, the program is aimed at students in Grades 7 and 10. It is an hour in length and addresses risk evaluation and reduction. Unlike Safety Now!, this presentation is given mainly by teachers. It focuses on increasing awareness that risk is involved in winter sports, supporting learned skills, encouraging students to make smart choices and seek further training.
"Safety Now"
This Project provides local ski patrollers and ski instructors resources such as posters and a/v materials to work with kids of all ages With the "Skiing in Schools" Program visiting our ski areas. It focuses on areas such as proper dress, ski lift usage, and ski area orientation.
CAUTION
The following links are ADOBE pdf Files... Set up for printing 11 X 17 posters.
T- Bar Lifts Chairlifts Grip Tows
Winter Clothing Frostbite
Retention Straps Buddy System Safe Ski / Snowboard Gear
Helmet Use Concussions
Mountain Users Code Warm Up Exercises
A program supported by and run by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit to encourage snowsliders of all ages to use helmets while participating in winter activities
Make a Donation to the Canadian Ski Patrol System and our Safety Message
Do you have anything to add to our Safety Website? Contact the National Safety Coordinator, Gary Moore.
Much of the content for these pages was assembled by Shayna Labbé, Vice-President Safety and Injury Prevention Calgary Zone.
