Preventing Fatal Incidents in School and Youth Group Camps and Excursions

By analyzing past tragedies in outdoor education, this book seeks to enhance safety measures for school and youth group camps and excursions. It highlights the challenges of learning from infrequent incidents that often go unnoticed, emphasizing the weight of unlearned lessons when tragedies occur. Offering a comprehensive examination of fatal incidents over decades and across various groups worldwide, it aims to provide a foundational understanding of fatality prevention in outdoor settings, filling a significant gap in existing literature.