Smoke Without Fire

Marcus Baillie

Head of Inspection Services for the AALA.
Marcus is widely respected in the adventure activity sector. Until his above appointment he was Director of The National Adventure Centre for Ireland, Tiglin, and was previously the instructor responsible for British Mountaineering at Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre, North Wales. He is an active expedition canoeist and has been involved in canoe sport development for many years. Marcus has wide experience of mountaineering, canoeing and skiing.

The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority is an independent, cross-departmental public authority, funded by the Department of Education and Skills, and operating under the written guidance of the Health and Safety Commission. In effect it is an independent watchdog on the delivery of outdoor adventure activities for young people.
The aim of the licensing scheme is to provide assurances to the public about the safety of those activity providers who have been granted a licence. In this way it is hoped that young people can continue to enjoy exciting and stimulating activities outdoors without being exposed to avoidable risks of death or disabling injury.

Marcus's refreshing viewpoint on risk in the outdoors is available as a Powerpoint presentation by clicking on the icon below: