Playground Safety Organizations
These organizations are related to the playground industry. They provide information to help you establish and maintain safe playgrounds. Additionally, you'll find much information here to educate yourself about what make playgrounds, swingsets and other play equipment safe for your children.
International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA)
8300 Colesville RD, STE 250, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 800-395-5550 or 301-495-0240 Fax: 301-495-3330
www.ipema.org
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International)
100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
Phone: 610-832-9585 Fax: 610-832-9555
www.astm.org
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207-0001
Phone: 301-504-6816 Fax: 301-504-0124
www.cpsc.gov
Handbook for Public Playground Safety (pdf)
Published by CPSC
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/325.pdf
National Safety Council (NSC)
1121 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, IL 60143-3201
Phone: 630-285-1121 Fax: 630-285-1315
www.nsc.org
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
and National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI)
22377 Belmont Ridge Road, Ashburn, VA 20148-4501
Phone: 703-858-0784 Fax: 703-858-0794
www.nrpa.org
Certified Playground Safety Inspectors in Michigan
Certified by NPSIand NRPA
www.michigansafekids.org/playground.php
International Playground Contractors Association (NPCA)
PO Box 2364, Salt Lake City, UT 84110-2364
Phone: 888-908-9519 Fax: 801-355-2788
www.playground-contractors.org
Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT)
PO BOX 255, Martin, MI 49070-0255
Phone: 269-685-0670 Fax: 269-685-6350
www.acctinfo.org
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (AAHPERD)
and American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR)
1900 Association DR, Reston, VA 20191-1598
Phone: 800-213-7193
www.aahperd.org
The Access Board
1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111
Phone: 800-872-2253 TTY: 800-993-2822 Fax: 202-272-0081
www.access-board.gov
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
636 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-3736
Phone: 202-898-2444 Fax: 202-898-1185
www.asla.org
National Center for Boundless Playgrounds
45 Wintonbury AVE, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone: 860-243-8315 Fax: 860-243-5854
www.boundlessplaygrounds.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1509 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 800-424-2460
www.naeyc.org
Parent Teacher Organization Today (PTO Today)
200 Stonewall Blvd, Suite 6A, Wrentham, MA 02093
Phone: 800-644-3561 or 508-384-0394
www.ptotoday.com
International Playground Safety OrganizationsCanadian Standards Association (CSA)
5060 Spectrum Way, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5N6, CANADA
Phone: 800-463-6727 or 416-747-4000 Fax: 416-747-2473
www.csa.ca
Canada Safety Council (CSC)
1020 Thomas Spratt Place, Ottawa, ON K1G 5L5, CANADA
Phone: 613-739-1535 Fax: 613-739-1566
www.safety-council.org
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)
Fran Pauzé, Executive Director, CSLA-AAPC
PO Box 13594, Ottawa, ON K2K 1X6, CANADA
Phone: 613-622-5520 Fax: 613-622-5870
www.csla.ca
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA)
2842 Bloor Street West #101, Toronto, Ontario M8X 1B1, CANADA
Phone: 416-231-4181 Fax: 416-231-2679
www.oala.on.ca
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA)
404 - 2197 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X3, CANADA
Phone: 613-523-5315 Fax: 613-523-1182
www.cpra.ca
Association of Play Industries (API)
Federation House, NAC, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2RF, UK
Phone: +44(0) 24 76 414999 Fax: +44(0) 24 76 414990
www.api-play.org/
PlayLink
Unit 5, 11 Mowll Street, London SW9 6BG, UK
Phone: 0207 820 3800 Fax: 0207 587 0790
www.playlink.org
Children’s Play Council (CPC)
National Children's Bureau, 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE, UK
Phone: 020 7843 6016
www.ncb.org.uk/cpc/
Play Wales - The National Organisation for Children's Play
Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FH, WALES
Phone: 029 2048 6050
www.playwales.org.uk
Play Scotland - The National Organisation for Children's Play
Midlothian Innovation Centre, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RE, SCOTLAND
Phone: 0131 440 9070 Fax: 0131 440 9071
www.playscotland.org
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