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Safety & Education
National Safety Awareness Week
National Safety Awareness Week is an annual event highlighting resort safety
education efforts while increasing slope safety. Resorts are encouraged to develop new
and creative ways to involve employees and guests in activities for safety week.
Your Responsibility Code - "Know the Code"
Head's Up
The National Ski Areas Association, along with the National Ski Patrol, the Professional Ski Instructors of America,
the American Association of Snowboard Instructors, and Willis and AIG insurance companies, has
created the Safety Initiative campaign to assist ski area operators nationwide address the topic
of slope safety education for guests. The primary goal is to attempt to further reduce the
frequency of accidents, and to unify the industry to focus on and communicate a proactive,
strong safety message.
Complete Sourcebook
(the Source book is the introduction to the Head's Up Program that was
sent to Resorts in the Fall of 1999. The links at the top of the page have the updated
information on annual programs such as National Safety Awareness Week, Kid's National Poster Contest and The Ski Resort Safety Awards.)
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