Play and Safety

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has suffered in recent years from an increase in the number of claims and litigation, encourage by today’s compensation culture, and as such playground inspections, safety and record keeping are of paramount importance.

Playground Inspections

Great Yarmouth Borough Council currently carries out the following:

Routine Visual Inspection

These are carried out by the Environmental Rangers on either a weekly, fortnightly or three weekly basis depending on the assessed risk of each site. Inspection sheets are filled out with any required work being forwarded to Great Yarmouth Borough Services Ltd. A 6 monthly review is carried out of the inspection schedule. The Environmental Rangers will check for broken glass, litter, vandalism and broken equipment.

Operational Inspection

These inspections are carried out on a quarterly basis by Great Yarmouth Borough Services Ltd. This concentrates on the structural and engineering aspect of the play equipment.

Annual Inspection

This inspection is required by the Council insurers. It is carried out by an external independent inspector. This is an a comprehensive main inspection to check long term levels of safety and systems.

Of perhaps greater importance in determining the safety of outdoor playgrounds is an assessment of risk, as this will ascertain the likelihood and severity of any possible accidents from using a piece of play equipment. A risk assessment of all items within any play ground managed by Great Yarmouth Borough Council is carried annually with the external inspections.

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