The Safety Navigator launches 28-day camp safety tour with AccuWeather

The Safety Navigator is taking its new Connection Tour through nine states and more than 30 camps to meet camp leaders and share safety resources after the deadly 2025 Central Texas floods. AccuWeather is the official weather partner and is providing severe-weather warnings to participating camps at no cost.

Why it matters: - The tour is meant to bring free camp safety planning tools and weather support directly to the people responsible for keeping children safe. - The launch comes after the July 2025 Central Texas floods that killed 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River. - The Safety Navigator says the trip is designed to close gaps in emergency planning, resources and readiness across the camp industry.

What happened: - The Safety Navigator announced the Connection Tour, a 28-day road trip across nine states to visit more than 30 summer camps. - Co-founders Marley Palin and Charlee Johnson are making the trip. - The route starts in the Texas Hill Country and continues through Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan before ending in Missouri. - AccuWeather is the official weather partner and a Premium Sponsor of the tour.

The details: - The Safety Navigator is a nonprofit building a free tech-enabled safety platform for the camp industry. - The organization was founded after the 2025 floods and says starting in the Hill Country is a deliberate way to honor the children and families affected. - During the tour, Palin and Johnson will visit camps, conduct site visits and talk with camp leadership. - The Safety Navigator will publish tour content across its channels throughout July and August. - AccuWeather is providing camps along the route with AccuWeather SkyGuard Severe Weather Warning service for the 2026 camp season at no cost if they do not already have the service. - The SkyGuard service includes site-specific warnings for tornadoes, high winds, flash flooding and lightning, along with direct access to AccuWeather storm-warning meteorologists. - AccuWeather is also providing site-specific daily warnings to support the Safety Navigator team during the tour. - The Safety Navigator says its free resources include safety planning tools, resources and community for camp directors and leadership teams across the U.S. - The organization’s website is thesafetynavigator.org. - AccuWeather says its website is AccuWeather.com and notes that the free app is available for Android and iOS.

Between the lines: - The tour blends field research with relationship-building, signaling that camp safety is as much about trust and implementation as it is about having written plans. - The partnership gives the nonprofit a weather-safety platform and gives AccuWeather visibility inside a high-risk, seasonal market. - Beginning the tour in the Texas Hill Country ties the launch to a tragedy that still shapes the organization’s mission.

What's next: - The Safety Navigator will continue the 28-day tour through the summer and release content from the trip in July and August. - Camps on the route can receive the SkyGuard service for the 2026 season if they do not already have it. - The organization will use the tour to gather feedback and refine its safety resources for future camp operations.