1.8
PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT
Equipment that does not meet the Army's developmental play program
requirements and are prohibited on outdoor play areas include the
following: chain balance beams; rotating equipment, such as
merry-go-rounds, log rolls, whirls and may poles; fulcrum seesaws (teeter
totters); spring rocking equipment intended for standing; animal figure
swings; rope swings; multiple occupancy swings; swinging exercise and
trapeze bars; swinging platforms; tire climbers; swinging dual exercise
rings; roller slides; trampolines; swinging gates or doors; and new or used
vehicle tires. Play houses or enclosures made of horizontal posts or bars
with space between them. Wood components treated with creosote,
pentachlorophenol, and tributyl tin oxide. Wood components coated with a
finish containing pesticide.
1.9
AGE GROUPS
Play areas are designed to provide challenging play activities by age
group. Playground equipment shall be designed to be age appropriate for
the age group designated to use it. There is no anthropometric or fall
attenuation significance to the discrepancy for the school-age age group
between paragraph PLAYGROUND AREAS OTHER THAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS and
paragraph CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS as described below. The Army age
groups are defined as follows:
1.9.1
Playground Areas Other Than Child Development Centers (CDC)
The age groups accommodated at these areas range from less than 12 months
through 12 years of age defined as the following: infant age group (less
than 12 months); pre-toddler age group (12 through 24 months); composite
toddler/pre-school age group (2 through 5 years of age); school-age age
group (5 through 9 years of age); and pre-teen age group (9 through 12
years of age). A multi-age playground consists of the following age
groups: infant, pre-toddler, and composite toddler/pre-school age groups.
1.9.2
Child Development Centers (CDC)
The age groups accommodated by the CDC program range from 6 weeks through 8
years of age defined as the following: infant age group (6 weeks through
12 months); pre-toddler age group (12 through 24 months); toddler age group
(2 through 3 years of age); pre-school age group (3 through 5 years of
age); and school-age age group (5 through 8 years of age).
1.10
MANUFACTURER QUALIFICATION
Play events and equipment similar to those furnished shall have been
installed in a minimum 10 sites and been in successful service for a
minimum 5 year calendar period. The manufacturer shall provide a
Certificate of Insurance AA rated for a minimum one million dollars
covering both product and general liability.
1.11
INSTALLER QUALIFICATION
The installer shall be certified by the manufacturer for training and
experience installing the play events and equipment.
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