SCOTD - Emergency Preparedness

Be Prepared is the Boy Scout Motto and there's no time like the present to focus on just that -- being prepared.  We encourage you to work on your Emergency Preparedness award. The requirements can be found HERE. It can be earned every year though the pin is only awarded once.

There are different requirements for each rank. See below:

Cover a family fire plan and drill, and what to do if separated from the family.
Discuss a family emergency plan with the family.
Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
Working with a first aid instructor from the American Red Cross, Emergency Care and Safety Institute, or American Heart Association go over some basic first aid they feel is appropriate. Practice how to clean and bandage a cut to your finger and a scrape to your knee.
Join a safe kids program such as McGruff Child Identification, Internet Safety, or Safety at Home.
Show and tell your family household what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.

Create a checklist to keep your home safe.
Discuss a family emergency plan with the family.
Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
Learn emergency skills and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls, and animal bites. The emergency skills should include responses for fire safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse, and more.
Join a safe kids program such as the McGruff Child Identification program. Put on a training program for your family or den on stranger awareness, Internet safety, or safety at home.
Make a presentation to your family on what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.

 

Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
Learn how to shut off utilities to your home in an emergency.
Learn simple rescue techniques.
Learn emergency skills and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls, and animal bites. The emergency skills should include responses for fire safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse, and more.
Put together a family emergency kit for use in the home.
Organize a safe kids program such as the McGruff Child Identification program. Put on a training program for your family or den on stranger awareness, Internet safety, or safety at home.
Make a small display or give a presentation for your family or den on what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.

 

Learn rescue techniques.
Build a family emergency kit, with an adult family member participating in the project.
Take a first-aid course.
Learn to survive extreme weather situations.
Learn about stranger awareness, Internet safety, or safety at home.
Give a presentation to your den on preparing for emergencies.