Boy Scout Merit Badge Requirements
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

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I. Earn the First Aid merit badge.

1. Do the following:
A. Tell what you would do to prevent injury and possible loss of life to yourself and others in each of the following emergencies: See also, and this one.

• Fire or explosion at home and in a public building
• Car stalled in blizzard or desert
• Motor vehicle accident
• Mountain accident
• Food poisoning
• Boating accident
• Search for lost person
• Lost or marooned group
• Gas leak
• Earthquake
• Flood
• Tornado or hurricane
• Atomic emergency
• An avalanche (snow or rock)
  
  Show that you know what to do in at least TWO of the above.
  

B. Show how you could safely save a person from the following:

• Touching a live electric wire click
• A room with carbon monoxide or other fumes or smoke click
• Clothes on fire click
• Drowning using nonswimming rescues (including ice accidents) click, also this one

C. Tell the things a group of Scouts should be prepared to do, the training needed, and the safety precautions to be taken for the following emergency service:

• Crowd and traffic control
• Messenger service and communication
• Collection and distribution services
• Group feeding, shelter, and sanitation

D. Take part in an emergency service project, either real or a practice drill. click
E. Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue planes. click
F. With another person, show a good way to move an injured person out of a remote and rugged area, conserving the energy of the rescuers. click

E. Do the following:

• Prepare a written plan for mobilizing your troop when needed to do emergency service. If there is a plan, explain it. Tell your part in making it work.
• Take part in at least one troop mobilization. Describe your part.
• Show the personal "emergency pack" which you have prepared to be ready for a mobilization call. Also click.
• Show a family kit (suitcase or box) for use by your family in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Explain the need.
• Show proper use of ropes and lines for rescue work by doing the following:
  Tie knots for joining lines. Tie knots for shortening or adjusting lines. Tie knots for lashings. Also click, click.
• Lower a person from a height sufficient to show how. click
• Coil and accurately throw light and heavy 50-foot heaving lines.
  
  
  BSA Advancement ID#: 6
  Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2002

EXTRA LINKS

Natural Hazard Preparedness - includes the Emergency Preparedness Checklist
SARBC - Survival: Signaling for Help!
Be Lightning Wise!
Natural Disaster Program for Families
American Red Cross - Disaster Safety
WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk click for search

PUBLIC SERVICE MERIT BADGE GROUP

Crime Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid Lifesaving
Public Health Safety

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