EMERGENCY
What action do you take immediately if the fire alarm sounds while you are in the building?
Evacuate!
Where can fully stocked medical kits be found?
Base camp, coordinator backpacks, outside Scales Office
Whose numbers should you have saved in your phone?
Lyla, Chloee, Jeff, coworkers.
Under what circumstances is it acceptable for a child to be in the shipping container?
NEVER
"I’m not beef jerky I’m not a toad!"
Camper!
- Cohen, Session 5
Where can you find the link to the Scales incident report?
What should you use to wash out a minor dirt scrape or cut?
Clean water
You notice that you have a tag for a camper who is not currently with you. You suspect they may have gone off with another group. What should be the first communication you use?
Zello
What days of the week is the nature centre closed?
Tuesday and Wednesday
"There's no fangs. I don't have fangs. I'm a porcupine. I'm a blowfish"
- Kanye West, 2014
How long do you wait after thunder before entering water?
What 4-letter acronym is used to treat minor bone, muscle, and joint sprains?
RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation)
I wake up sick and cannot make it in to work today. What do you do?
Message in Slack #sched-same-day.
Bonus: message camp coordinator
Name the basic rules of snake handling at reptile camp.
No squeezing snakes or poking them in the eyes.
No scaring people with snakes.
No snakes on floor.
"Brot means go backwards in French."
- Carter, Session 4
What are two ways to remove a leech?
Add a note in Homebase.
Name 3 items that should always be accessible at the day camp base?
First aid kit, clean drinking water, cooler with ice packs, hand sanitizer.
"I’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin"
Famous person!
- Gwyneth Paltrow
Name all 3 camp-relevant outdoor muster points on Scales property.
Bonus if you get the fourth, non-camp relevant outdoor muster point!
1. Large signpost by the parking lot, and
2. Trailhead sign at south lawn
3. Volleyball court at the camp field
4. Research and Conservation building parking lot
What do you say when you call 911?
1. Give relevant info: location, nature of situation, relevant medical information of camper (e.g. allergies, known medical conditions).
2. Give address of nearest property entrance:
Scales address: 82 Line 15 South, Oro-Medonte
Camp base address: 146 Line 15 South, Oro-Medonte (Scales gate 2)
Name all 5 Slack channels that all Reptile Camp staff should be in.
#ed-day-camp-2026, #announcements-general, #scalesbuilding, #ed-nature-centre, #alerts-emergencies
Name five morning tasks performed by the person who is not holding tablet or entertaining children.
Close the gates, bring water jugs to day camp base, put away both sprinklers, look around ground for garbage.
Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you. Imma let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.
- Kanye West, 2014