Independent playground safety inspections informed by decades of public recreation leadership throughout the United States.
Why Clients Trust Safe Places Group
Safe Places Group combines nationally recognized playground safety credentials with executive leadership experience managing complex public recreation systems. Clients rely on practical, defensible recommendations grounded in nationally recognized standards and real-world operational experience.
Professional Credentials:
✓ Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI)
✓ Certified Park & Recreation Executive (CPRE)
✓ FEMA Incident Command System (ICS)
✓ Wildland Fire Behavior
Expert Witness Qualifications:
Executive leadership overseeing large public recreation systems, coastal parks, playgrounds, trails, beaches, and public facilities. Experience includes development of inspection programs, maintenance oversight, operational risk management, emergency response, and public agency leadership.
Professional Credentials
Recreation Operations
• Oversight of high-use parks, beaches, playgrounds, trails, and recreation systems serving millions of annual visitors.
Playground Safety
• Independent CPSI evaluations of playground equipment, surfacing, accessibility, maintenance practices, and operational safety.
Emergency Management
• Executive coordination of wildfire recovery, emergency operations, and multi-agency public access restoration in high-stakes environments.
Leadership
• Development and management of inspection, maintenance, and risk-management programs for state and local recreation agencies.
Representative Clients & Organizations
- High Desert Law (Bend, OR)
- New York State Parks (New York, NY)
- Orange County Parks (Irvine, CA)
- The Paseo (Pasadena, CA)
- Nellie Gale Ranch HOA (Laguna Hills, CA)
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