AOA Participants Safety Recommendations and Policies:
Living with wildlife
Most of Alberta's recreational regions are in Bear Country!
Most of Alberta's recreational regions are in Bear Country!
- HOW TO USE A BEAR SPRAY- brochure
- Visit the WILDSMART Website to learn about how to reduce negative human wildlife interactions. When recreating in bear country, your best strategy to avoid an encounter is to make lots of noise, stay in groups and be alert for signs of bears in the area.
Additional information
Why is this important?
- Orienteering is an outdoor activity that carries a risk of personal injury due to natural and man-made hazards, animal encounters and environmental conditions. While the participants acknowledge these risks, the organizers of orienteering events must have rules and recommendations that cover how to reasonably minimize these risks and what to do in case of injury or if a competitor is overdue.
- There are general safety rules and recommendations which apply to all orienteering events and there are event-specific plans which should provide sufficient details for specific actions to deal with unique situations. Make sure you follow the event organizers guidelines and notices.
AOA is comitted to provideing a Safe Sport enviroment for everyone.
For EVENT ORGANIZERS visit this page.
