Rules and contacts
Safety
Every volunteer passes an annual JDP background check, 3 written weather rules decide play, and one board role reads every concern.
- Limit strenuous activityIndoors above 105°F
- 90°F
- Before play resumesAfter the last strike within about 10 miles
- 30 MIN
- Monsoon season, Jun 15 to Sep 30
- JUN–SEP
- JDP background checkEvery volunteer, before stepping on a field
- Annual
Two-deep leadership at practices, no one-on-one isolation.
Volunteers
People
Every adult on the field is checked and trained before the first practice.
Every volunteer, from coaches and umps to board members and team parents, is covered by Little League’s ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) plan and Child Protection Program, with a Safety Officer on the board and a direct line below.
Heat · lightning · monsoon
Arizona weather
3 rules decide whether games are played.
- Extreme heat
- Limit strenuous outdoor activity above 90°F
- Indoors above 105°F
- NWS Extreme Heat Warnings drive CAUTION/CLOSED states
- Lightning
- Clear field at first thunder/visible lightning
- Resume no sooner than 30 min after last strike within about 10 miles
- Monsoon
- Microbursts, dust storms, lightning; evening games at highest risk
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Concerns
Report a concern
For an injury, incident, facility hazard or child-safety concern, email the Safety Officer.
Urgent child-safety matters should also go to Little League’s Child Protection Program and, when appropriate, local authorities.
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