NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has forecast Irene as an eventual Category 3 hurricane that will hit most of the Southeastern US. As always, we at Redwoods are here for you. If you’re a customer, you can reach us using our claims contact information for any needs you have. Redwoods Claims Reporting Toll-Free: 800.463.8546 Fax: 800.478.6068 After...
The recent events in Norway shocked our country. A man disguised as a police officer gained access to a youth camp, where he shot and killed more than 75 children and camp staff. It is an unfathomable tragedy that none us of want to imagine how we would handle. But when tragedies occur it’s...
Earlier this year, a fire started in a YMCA sauna around 10:45pm, when the facility was virtually empty. The sauna was totally destroyed by the fire, but because the YMCA had installed a sprinkler head in the sauna, damage to the rest of the facility was limited to smoke and water in the surrounding...
Hurricane season has just started–it runs from June to November–and forecasters are predicting a “very active” Atlantic hurricane season in 2010, as msnbc reported in this article. When we saw the article, we wanted to get the word out to our partners, so that we can help you prepare. Our goal is to work...
Recently, an unsecured soccer goal tipped over and injured a child on one of our customers’ fields. Thankfully, the injury was only a laceration on the child’s head, but we’ve seen significantly worse injuries from these incidents and thought it might be time to dig into the data and share. The key takeaway is that...
Need an easy way to frequently drill your staff on emergency response practices, without interrupting your entire program? Use index cards! As outlined in our Camp Leadership Training, a great way to drill staff is to put emergency situations on index cards. Then, during program time, the card is presented to the staff member and...
This month a member of the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne experienced a heart attack while jogging on a treadmill. A YMCA staff member, Ryan Quandt, quickly responded to the emergency bringing the YMCA’s Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). An AED is used to determine if the heart has an irregular rhythm and automatically sends...