Tree Safety strategies

Tree Safety Management strategies

Tree owners have a direct responsibility to ensure that their trees do not pose a danger to the public or property. To address this risk, a Tree Safety Management Strategy can be produced.

The strategy will ensure that: 

• An overall assessment of risk is completed to identify high, medium and low risk tree zones.
• A system of tree inspections is in operation in relation to risk.
• A record of trees and inspections is retained.
• Systems and processes are identified that control and mitigate risks as identified from inspections.
• Staff who carry out inspections are competent to do so.
• Staff who carry out inspections are competent to do so.

Operation of this strategy will then enable the organisation to mitigate tree risks to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.