Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Requirements

1.    Earn First Aid Merit Badge.

 

2.    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: fire or

          explosion at home and in a public building, car

          stalled in a 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, and

          avalanche (snow or rock).

      (b) Show that you know what to do in at least TWO of

          the above.

 

3.    Show how you could safely save a person from the

      following:  

      (a) Touching a live electric wire.

      (b) A room with carbon monoxide or other fumes or

          smoke.

      (c) Clothes on fire.

      (d) Drowning using nonswimming rescues (including ice

          accidents).

 

4.    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:

      (a) Crowd and traffic control

      (b) Messenger service and communication.

      (c) Collection and distribution services.

      (d) Group feeding, shelter, and sanitation.

 

5.    Take part in an emergency service project, either real

      or a practice drill.

 

6.    Show three ways of attracting and communicating with

      rescue planes.

 

7.    With another person, show a good way to move an injured

      person out of a remote and rugged area, conserving the

      energy of all the rescuers.

 

8.    Do the following:    

      (a) 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.

      (b) Take part in at least troop mobilization. Describe

          your part.

      (c) Show the personal "emergency pack" which you have

          prepared to be ready for a mobilization call. Show

          a family kit (suitcase or box) for use by your

          family in case an emergency evacuation is needed.

          Explain the need.

 

9.    Show proper use of ropes and lines for rescue work by

      doing the following:

      (a) Tie knots for joining lines. Tie knots for

          shortening or adjusting lines. Tie knots for

          lashings.

      (b) Lower a person from a height sufficient to show

          how.

      (c) Coil and accurately throw light and heavy 50-foot

          heaving lines.