Here's an excerpt from OPHEA's latest newsletter:
Due to the increasingly higher incidence of lightning and the overall volatility of recent weather patterns, the revised Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines address procedures related to lightning and student safety.
Before you send students outdoors for a class, a practice or a competition implement the following procedures:
- Identify a designated in-charge person (teacher, coach, game official)
- The in-charge person is responsible for monitoring weather conditions prior to activity
- The in-charge person is responsible for pre-planing for the location of the closest safe structure
- When lightning is seen or thunder is heard, immediately suspend the activity and direct students to a safe shelter
- Wait a minimum of 30 minutes from the last visual observation of lightning or sound of thunder before resuming outdoor activities
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