Acknowledgement Forms:
Please make sure that you have completed all required acknowledgement forms prior to attending the event!
From your Dashboard at www.firstinspires.org, select your name in the upper right and
select ‘Acknowledgement Forms’ to review any incomplete forms.
FIRST Youth Protection:
Safety is at the forefront of FIRST® participation.
The FIRST Youth Protection Program (linked here) provides all participants in FIRST programs with
information, guidelines, and procedures to create a safe environment for our student participants.
The information below contains key components of the FIRST Youth Protection Program that all adults
and youth should be aware of while participating in FIRST programs.
FIRST® Portal for Incident Reporting (Youth Protection Concerns, Medical Incidents, or Other)
FIRST has a zero-tolerance policy regarding retaliation against anyone who reports a concern or who cooperates in an investigation of a reported concern. All submissions to the Reporting Portal are investigated by FIRST with appropriate action taken based on the findings.
Event Volunteer Training
The FIRST Youth Protection page (linked here) provides a number of resources that volunteers should be familiar with before working with youth in our programs. The FIRST Youth Protection Program guide(download here) contains the policies and guidelines that all volunteers and youth participants must adhere to when participating with FIRST. The Youth Protection page also has a link to Youth Protection Training Videos (linked here). This training is intended to enable adults working with FIRST teams to recognize situations that may pose a threat to team member safety and take the actions necessary to prevent and report injuries. We encourage anyone participating with FIRST to take this training to better understand how to protect themselves and our youth participants. The training consists of a series of short videos; each video is no more than 5 minutes, and the entire series can be completed in 40-50 minutes.
Volunteer Screening
All adult event volunteers are required to pass Youth Protection screening.
If you have questions, would like more information, or would like to speak to someone directly, please email safetyfirst@firstinspires.org or call 603-206-2050. You can find more information, training, and guidance at http://www.firstinspires.org/youth-protection.
