Resource Links

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National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI)

The National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) is sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). NPSI's mission is to promote children's rights to play in a safe environment and to nationally promote the importance of play in their development. The NPSI promotes the latest public playground industry standards and guidelines as the most desirable standard of care for public-use playgrounds. For a listing of playground related publications available through NRPA contact:

National Recreation and Park Association
22377 Belmont Ridge Road
Ashburn, Virginia 20148
(703) 858-2148
www.nrpa.org

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

For a copy of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's Handbook for Public Playground Safety contact:

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C. 20207
(800) 638-2772
www.cpsc.gov

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Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

The American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) developed a standard for the manufacturing of public playground equipment. For a copy of this standard contact the ASTM and ask for the "Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use" (F1487-95).

ASTM
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
(610) 832-9500
www.astm.org