This database is designed for use by those involved in outdoor activities. That is, people and organisations involved in self propelled outdoor pursuit/outdoor adventure activities such as; kayaking, rafting, biking, tramping, trail running, caving, skiing, climbing, sailing, paragliding, diving, etc. As well as motorised adventure activities such as quad biking and jet skiing. These people/organisations could be commercial, educational, not for profit, or informal groups and individuals recreating in the outdoors or any combination of the above.

The project aims to:

• Create a standard method for collecting and analyzing outdoor incident data. Although the locations may be different, the activities themselves such as rock climbing, ropes courses, and kayaking are much the same therefore the incidents that occur are usually similar.
• Have an accepted database standard will allow for the collation of data from various sources. The more data collected, the better our ability to analyze it, identify trends, and make concrete recommendations for programme improvement.
• Provide timely and accurate incident data to varying government agencies.
• Work towards developing an international standard to enable it easier to integrate programme data from around the world.

New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (NZMSC)
Outdoors New Zealand (ONZ)
Education Outdoors New Zealand (EONZ)
Ministry of Education, New Zealand


Outdoor education/Recreation National Incident Database (OER NID)
Guide to using OER NID

Click here for an example Outdoor Education/Recreation Incident Database
Click here for a hard copy of the Outdoor Education/Recreation Incident form
Click here for a hard copy of the Incident Severity Scale
Click here to view the 2007 National Incident Database pamphlet

Snowsports National Incident Database (SS NID) - for ski field use only
Click here for an example Ski Area Incident Database
Snow Sports NID guide - entering an incident