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WE ARE PARKS AND RECREATION
NRPA Membership Has Your Insurance
Needs Covered
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RPA insurance
programs,
sponsored by K&K Insurance,
are the one-stop shop for park
and recreation organizations and
individuals in need of insurance.
These insurance programs are tailored
to fit your needs at pricing
that only our members receive.
NRPA offers insurance programs
that include the following:
* Team sports combined liability
and accident insurance - General
liability and excess accident
medical coverage for youth and
adult baseball, softball, basketball,
hockey, swimming and other
team sports
* Football combined liability and
accident insurance - General liability
and excess accident medical
coverage for youth tackle, flag
and touch football teams
* Instructors and interns liability
insurance - General liability coverage
for instructors and interns,
while acting within the scope of
their duties granted to them by
the sponsoring organization
* Blanket accidents insurance
- Excess accident medical coverage
for participants, coaches,
trainers and managers who enGreen
Revolution
Maryland's Montgomery Parks transitions from
gas- to electric-powered maintenance equipment
By Christina Hudson
F
ive years ago, Montgomery
Parks (Maryland) Deputy Director
of Operations Gary Burnett
had a vision for Montgomery Parks:
replace noisy gas-powered landscaping
equipment with the quiet hum
of electric tools in public parks. This
would reduce noise pollution and
harmful emissions to the environment
and to staff, who use the equipment
regularly to maintain parks.
Montgomery Parks staff demonstrate
60 " zero-turn mowers with 24KHW
batteries and an electric-powered
weed eater.
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Planning the " E-volution "
Montgomery Parks is a department
of the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, a
bi-county agency in Washington,
D.C., that stewards 37,000 acres of
parkland in Montgomery County.
gage
in
supervised
recreation
activities sponsored by your organization
*
Equipment property program -
Property coverage for inventory
of sports equipment
* Directors' and officers' liability
insurance programs - Liability insurance
for directors and officers,
provided to nonprofit entities involved
in the recreation field
For more information and to access
the application, visit nrpainsurance.
com. You must be a current NRPA
Member to take advantage of these
insurance programs.
Staff were using hundreds of pieces
of gas-powered equipment daily,
so the first phase of the conversion to
electric focused on smaller two-cycle
engines that power string trimmers,
leaf blowers and edgers.
" Two-cycle engines are very
detrimental because they emit oil
directly into the air. I was committed
to finding a better way to take
care of our parks, communities and
staff, " says Burnett.
Gas-powered equipment also requires
frequent repairs and maintenance.
In contrast, battery-powered
tools require minimal maintenance
and break down infrequently.
Approximately 300 tools were
targeted for replacement by the end
of 2024. The battery-powered gear
costs more, but the switch was expected
to pay for itself within one
year. The savings come from reduced
crew downtime due to maintenance
delays and fewer spare
units needing to be purchased to
PHOTO COURTESY OF MONTGOMERY PARKS
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