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Alberta Ice Rink Survey The purpose of this survey is to collaborate with indoor ice arenas across Alberta in an attempt to gather, share, and discover ice-making techniques, maintenance practices, and operational data. RFP intends to publish the results on a yearly basis for the benefit of industry professionals such as yourself. Those familiar with their ice making practices will take about 15 minutes to complete the survey.
Member Survey Results Thank you to everyone who participated in our membership survey! The information from this survey will be used to provide insights into the AARFP memberships structure and how we can make improvements. We had 105 people respond, and the winner of the $25 Amazon Gift Card was Mark Kastiro from Rainbow Lake! Congratulations Mark! Click here to see the membership results
Leisure Lines Newsletter
All current members with a valid email address on file at the RFP Office will be notified by email when the publication is available. If you have not received an email advising you of this, and you are a current member of RFP, please contact office@aarfp.com. What's in the latest issue?
OHS eNews - Special edition - Returning to the Workplace As Alberta enters Stage 3 of reopening and COVID-19 restrictions are reduced, people are returning to the workplace. With changing pandemic-specific conditions, the hazard assessment must be reviewed and updated. Here's the latest from Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).
COVID-19 Municipality Update Forums such as a weekly call with municipalities provides clarity around the intent of orders and supplementary guidance. June 16, 2021 Municipality Update
Community Sport Participation "RESTART" Grant Program Makadiff Sports, a privately funded provincial not-for-profit organization, is pleased to announce a "Community Sport Participation RESTART Grant Program" (RESTART Program) to assist the Alberta community sport sector for purposes of rebuilding and restarting community sport participation development endeavors throughout the province - to pursue a positive, inclusive landscape that promotes opportunities for healthy, lifelong engagement with sport.
Recreation Energy Conservation Program Save money by reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from your municipality's recreation facilities. Recreation facilities typically use more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions than other municipal facilities. Implementing energy efficiency retrofits will:
Municipalities and community-related organizations are able to access up to $750,000 for all projects. No municipality is too big or too small to participate.
RFP Courses Are Running! The Provincial Government's "Path Forward" and how this transcends to the RFP course(s) does allow RFP to provide training in recreation facilities. Under the current Health Order (04-2021) in place we are able to offer certification/recertification courses. For your reference, click here for the current Public Health Order. Please refer to page 9, Section 43 and point (n) which states we are able to access facilities (which would otherwise be closed) in order to certify/recertify staff. This sections states:
Part 7- Businesses and entities: As we are seeing a significant demand for staff training/certification courses, RFP is pleased we are able to continue offering courses under the current Health Orders. Should this change at anytime, we will inform our course hosts, students and general membership. If you have any questions/concerns about RFP's COVID-19 procedures, please do not hesitate to contact office@aarfp.com. Our classes will be set up with 2 metre distancing in place and all health regulations will be followed.
Hockey's Path Forward Hockey Alberta has developed a plan to help their Member organizations and Teams structure activity and keep players engaged in the game while adhering to all government guidelines. The plan focuses on providing a hockey experience for players using development programming. This plan reflects the most recent information published by the Government of Alberta in its 'A Path Forward', and focuses on the safety and well-being of all participants. Details here
AARFP publishes a quarterly newsletter, Leisure Lines. This publication provides standards for operation and management, and the latest innovations in the recreation industry. The AARFP Board has recently decided a current RFP Membership is no longer needed to access this valued resource! To access archived issues of the publication, you will still need to have a current RFP Membership! All current members with a valid email address on file at the RFP Office will be notified by email when the publication is available. If you have not received an email advising you of this, and you are a current member of RFP, please contact office@aarfp.com.
Upcoming Recreation Grants Sport Calgary is happy to remind us of deadlines for various Government of Alberta grants that will help our communities.
ARPA Labour Market Project Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, in collaboration with several of their partners have been leading a sector led project on the Alberta recreation and parks industry. The Alberta Recreation and Parks Industry Labour Market Project was conducted to position the recreation and parks industry in assisting stakeholders in their development and conducting industry based human resource plans and decisions to ensure employee skills are being met and maintained. Please utilize the information presented in the project to improve your human resource capacity and achieve better staff recruitment, retention and succession planning practices specific to your respective organization type and size. For more information, click here.
Ammonia Refrigeration Systems ABSA has published the AB-538 - Integrity Management System Requirements for Mechanical Refrigeration Systems Containing Ammonia. The Administrator for pressure equipment in the Province of Alberta has also published the supporting Enabling Information Bulletin. Both documents are linked below for your convenience and can be found at www.absa.ca. This document details the mandatory requirements for ammonia refrigeration systems in Alberta and is applicable to all recreational facilities, rinks, arenas etc that use ammonia as the refrigerant. If you have any questions regarding the document, please contact your local ABSA Safety Codes Officer.
Public Aquatic Safety Standard February 2020
Ammonia Training Through ABSA
Anti-Entrapment Compliance Plan Due to the complexity and specialized knowledge needed to assess the equipment required for anti-entrapment, the owner or their agent may contract the services of a suitable professional or professional engineer to complete the anti-entrapment documentation. Documentation provided by the service professional and/or engineer should be included with the anti-entrapment plan. If you have any questions or would like to discuss please contact the following:
Toxic Gas Safety Guidelines for Municipal Arena Operations in Alberta
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