All PremierCamps summer camps demonstrate their ongoing commitment to safety by complying with the accreditation standards of the American Camp Association (ACA). ACA representatives visit and accredit member camps once every three years. All PremierCamps camps are ACA accredited. Although each camp is unique, all PremierCamps camp directors feel strongly that to achieve a level of true excellence they should go beyond even the ACA standards, particularly in the area of safety.

To meet that higher goal, several PremierCamps directors worked together to develop a new set of safety standards. The standards address eight separate areas: alcohol policy, sexual harassment, the creation of a physically and emotionally safe environment, driver training, trip safety, aquatics, and camper supervision. Many of the specific practices identified go beyond ACA requirements. For example, the ACA requires that one adult is aboard every waterski boat; all PremierCamps camps require every boat to be staffed by one adult driver and one adult spotter.

Development of new practices is not an end, but a beginning. The directors of PremierCamps camps constantly review and improve ongoing practices to assure children and parents that these summer camps are the safest and best run in the camping industry. Some examples:

• Fifteen-passenger vans have been eliminated. PremierCamps summer camps instead opt for the much safer 12-passenger vans
• Alcohol- and drug-free environments at camp
• A criminal background search on all staff members is required
• An extensive powerboat safety test has been developed and implemented
• Water safety ratios exceeding ACA requirements have been developed and implemented
• Staff/camper ratios exceeding ACA requirements are required