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Chapter 5 of 30 · 1 min read

Overnight Camp Residential Site Inspection

Walk the site as a camper would, from arrival through bedrooms, bathrooms, meals, activities and health support. Check access and emergency routes with qualified people. Review how the spaces work together rather than approving each room in isolation.

Walk through the site in the order a participant will use it. Start at arrival, then visit sleeping areas, toilets, showers, meals, health space, activities, quiet areas, and emergency assembly points.

Check safe routes after dark. Look at lighting, uneven ground, steps, doors, locks, signs, and the distance to help. Assess access with the people and equipment your camp will serve.

Have competent people review fire and building safety, water, food systems, electrical use, and other required matters. This guide cannot certify a site by checklist.

Ask where an ill participant can be cared for without creating unsafe exposure or leaving them isolated without support. Decide which spaces must be reserved and cannot be sold as guest beds.

Locate delivery points, rubbish storage, staff-only areas, maintenance equipment, chemicals, fuel, and other restricted places. Keep these separate from casual participant movement.

Test mobile coverage and any radios or landlines. Know how emergency services find the correct entrance. A street address may not identify the right gate on a large rural property.

Your task: Create a site map with care zones, restrictions, emergency access, and the named owner of each daily inspection.

Put this chapter to work

Optional · Putting your plan into practice

Using Bookify for this goal

This part starts with your own planning and judgement. Use the guide and its worksheets to work through it with your team.

When you are ready to put your camp plan into a booking system, you can explore a sample camp in Bookify or see what the software can help you do.