An incident has occurred:
1. Take care of the injured/find a safe place.
2. Preserve and document the evidence/take photos if appropriate.
3. Complete an incident report and notify your local council.
Timely, clear, concise, and complete incident reports allow for an appropriate response and an opportunity for analysis while promoting continuous improvement of our programs. You can report incidents, near misses, and youth protection / membership infraction incidents to your local council.
Incident Information Reporting Tool
Use this tool to report all injuries, illnesses, and incidents during Scouting activities or on council-owned properties that require the intervention of a medical provider beyond basic Scout-rendered first aid. | Download
Youth Protection/Membership Infraction Information Reporting Tool
Use this tool to report all allegations of abuse, violations of BSA guidelines or policies, inappropriate behavior by a Scout/Scout leader/parent/other. | Download
Near Miss Incident Information Reporting Tool
Use this tool to report near misses in programs such as COPE and climbing activities. A near miss is an incident that did not result in injury, illness, or damage by definition but that had the potential to have done so. Near misses with clear lessons learned can bring to light opportunities to improve safety performance or program practices. | Download
Then
- Report the incident to the Garden State Council –preston.irving@scouting.org or
- In the event of serious injury or fatality contact Scout Executive Patrick Linfors at 609-261-5850 ext. 218 or email patrick.linfors@scouting.org.
