Safety

Safety as a priority

Equipped 24/7

Adventure Lifesigns takes the Health and Safety of its staff and Explorers extremely seriously. As a founding member of the Expedition Providers Association, we were instrumental in helping to create the LOtC Overseas Expedition Quality Badge and have been independently assessed by the Adventure Activity Associates. The LOtC Quality Badge covers the preparation and execution of adventurous activities abroad so that the level of risk included is reasonable and acceptable. Our Chief Executive is also the previous Chairman of the Expedition Providers Association.

Our staff are individually selected to lead groups overseas. Staff selection is based on many factors, including hard and soft skills. We select our Expedition Leaders for their ability to communicate with groups and be fun people to have around! All expedition staff must complete an arduous training and selection process, assessed by our experienced core team of instructors. All key staff have undertaken training in Off-Site Safety Management.

Our saftey Measurements

Expeditions are equipped with a Satellite Telephone, Personal Locator Beacon, Satellite Tracking Beacon and a Global Positioning System Handset (GPS). As well as having advanced remote medical qualifications, our Expedition Leaders are linked to a 24-hour “teli-medical” system with UK doctors on-call 24-hours a day.

Our Operations Room is active 24-hours a day, whilst groups are overseas. With our team of highly qualified incident managers on alert to coordinate rescue work.

Remote Medical Support

We utilise the services of Remote Medical Support. RMS provide all of our field staff with a 24-hour additional back-up medical service along with access to specialist trauma counsellors.
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FCDO

Adventure Lifesigns is a partner of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's concept 'Know Before You Go', which offers travel advice for a wide range of travellers and trips.

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Spot Tracking

We were the first to introduce satellite tracking as standard on our expeditions. This means that we always know where our teams are anywhere in the world in real time.
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British Safety Council

Adventure Lifesigns are members of the British Safety Council.

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Expedition Providers Association

Adventure Lifesigns are one of the founding members of the Expedition Providers Association - an organisation dedicated to expedition safety.
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Royal Lifesaving Society UK

Adventure Lifesigns staff were the first expedition company to become registered as RLSS National Water Safety Management Programme trainers.

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Learning Outside of the Classroom

Adventure Lifesigns were one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded the Learning Outside of the Classroom Quality Badge.

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Personal Locator Beacon

All Adventure Lifesigns teams carry an Electronic Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) as part of their safety equipment.

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WorldAware

We utilise the services of WorldAware to provide accurate up to the minute security advice to our 24-hour operations room and expedition sites.

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and a Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.
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Centres for Disease Control

Adventure Lifesigns subscribe to the services of the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to ensure our expeditions are informed of any medical issues in-country in real time.
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