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Scott Burton

SCOTT BURTON is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector by the NRPA/NPSI (since 1992, one of the first!), and is also S.A.F.E. Certified by the National Program for Playground Safety. He is also on the Avisory Board with the National Program for Playground Safety. He has instructed various playground and recreation safety courses from beginner to advanced to inspectors, Child Care Licensing Bureaus, Parks & Recreation Depts., corporate managers, etc. He was an instructor for the CPSI courses for the NPSI. He has been in this industry since 1981. He has designed, manufactured and installed thousands of different types of equipment and areas. He has performed safety audits at THOUSANDS of playground sites (each site having at least one playground, some up to 6 playgrounds at one site) in and out of the USA, offering inexpensive modification recommendations. He has accepted over 540 cases as an expert witness to date (and also turned down way over 500 cases, mostly due to lack of merit to the case, or he was already on the other side, or it simply was not a good fit). He has been honored with the 2008 "Playground Safety Advocate of the Year" award by the National Program for Playground Safety. As prior owner of Florida's largest (and the Southeast's second largest) recreation equipment manufacturing company for nearly 12 years, his duties included planning, design, writing specifications for the workers in the shop, installation supervision, and sales networking worldwide.

His prior manufacturing company designed, manufactured and installed the following;

This hands-on experience helps tremendously as an expert witness, auditor, inspector, consultant, and designer. Mr. Burton sold the company on March 5, 1993 to devote more time to SAFETY PLAY, INC.®, which he founded in 1988.

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IMPORTANT NOTE; SAFETY PLAY, INC.® does not sell playground, sports or recreational equipment, surfacing, or even parts, so the work we perform for you remains free from bias or conflict of interest, and is INSURED. We DO, however, draw upon many years of PAST manufacturing, design, and consulting experience to offer you the best specific modification recommendations! In addition, we do NOT make repairs to your equipment. This way, there is no conflict of interest, nor do our recommendations contain any bias to them. Mr. Burton has the historty of experiences of having WRITTEN the rules that ALL STATES must adhere to, as well as having other important qualifications.

We have performed services and made sales in the U.S.A. and other countries (Sweden, Canada, China, Australia, Singapore, Guatemala, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Japan, England, New Zealand, Africa, Korea, etc.).

PLEASE NOTE; there is a suspension on all air travel right now. Sorry. In the USA, we have performed services and sales in the following states; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, (also District of Columbia), Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Please call or email us e-mail for a proposal for your specific needs, or for a quote on products or services.

SAFETY PLAY, INC.®

10460 Roosevelt Blvd. N., #295 St. Petersburg, FL 33716

Phone or Fax: (727)-522-0061
E-mail us at: safetyplay@mindspring.com

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Updated on 8/9/2023