BounceLog — Inflatable Safety Resources

BounceLog is a record-keeping tool — not a safety inspection. It helps you record your own pre-use checks and handover for each hire. It does not certify that any inflatable is safe to use and does not replace the annual inspection by a competent person (PIPA / RPII / ADiPS). You are responsible for following BS EN 14960 / AS 3533.4.1 and the relevant safety authority's guidance, for your anchorage and wind-speed decisions, and for the accuracy of every record. Always check the manufacturer's operating manual.

UK & Ireland — the core guidance

• HSE — Bouncy castles and other play inflatables: safety advice — the primary UK reference. Covers the 24 mph / Force 5 wind limit, measuring wind with an anemometer (not a phone app), internal pressure, anchorage, the daily blower check and operational limits.
• PIPA Inspection Scheme — the UK inflatable-play inspection scheme. Find a registered inspector and check a unit's tag.
• RPII — Register of Play Inspectors International — find a qualified inspector and read what an annual inspection covers.
• ADiPS — Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme — the Declaration of Operational Compliance route for amusement devices.
• Health and Safety Authority (Ireland) — the Irish safety authority; inflatable hire in Ireland works to the same BS EN 14960 / I.S. EN 14960 discipline.

The standard

• BSI — BS EN 14960 (Inflatable play equipment — safety requirements and test methods). The standard your daily checks and anchorage discipline sit under.
• Setting up to EN 14960 — anchorage explained — a practical walk-through of anchor points (≥6), stake dimensions (≥380 × 16 mm) and ballast (≥163 kg per point on hard ground).

Australia & New Zealand

• WorkSafe Victoria — Land-borne inflatable amusement devices — the AU regulator's guidance; the regime sits under AS 3533.4.1 with the same per-hire wind-monitoring and anchorage discipline.
• AS 3533.4.1 — Land-borne inflatable devices — the Australian/New Zealand standard.

Why the daily record matters

After a serious incident, an operator's own daily and per-hire check records are central to the investigation. Keeping a complete, timestamped record of the wind reading, pressure, anchorage and handover for every hire is exactly what BounceLog is built to help you do — but the judgement, the anchorage decisions and the decision to operate or stand down in the weather remain yours.

• HSE news & enforcement — read how the regulator treats inflatable-safety failures.
• Met Office — UK weather warnings — check before and during every hire. A yellow wind warning is a reason to stand down.

Honest scope

These resources are starting points, not a substitute for the standard, the manufacturer's manual or a competent inspector. BounceLog tracks what you record; it cannot tell you whether a particular set-up is safe on a particular day. That judgement is yours, informed by the guidance above and the conditions in front of you.

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