Emergency Preparedness

1. Earn the First Aid Merit Badge.

2. Tell what you would do to prevent injury and possible loss of life to you and others in each of the following situations:
   1. Fire or explosion at home or in a public building
   2. Car stalled in a secluded place
   3. Motor vehicle accident
   4. Mountain accident
   5. Food poisoning
   6. Boating accident
   7. Search for lost persons
   8. Gas leak
   9. Earthquake
   10. Flood
   11. Typhoon
   12. Lightning
   13. Nuclear fallout
   14. Scaffold Hitch
   15. Avalanche (rock) and landslide

3. Demonstrate and explain how you could safely save a person from the following situations:
   1. Touching a live electric wire
   2. A room filled with carbon monoxide or other fumes or smoke
   3. Clothes on fire
   4. Drowning using non-swimming rescues (including river, sea, or beach accidents)

4. Describe what a group of Scouts should be prepared to do, the training needed, and the safety precautions to be taken for the following emergency services:
   1. Crowd and traffic control
   2. Messenger service and communication
   3. Collection and distribution services
   4. Group feeding, shelter, and sanitation

5. Demonstrate the following:
   1. Three ways to attract and communicate with rescue planes or helicopters
   2. Proper use of ropes and lines for rescue work by:
      1. Tying knots for joining lines, shortening or adjusting lines, and lashings
      2. Lowering a person from a height
      3. Coil and accurately throw light and heavy 50-foot heaving lines

6. Prepare a written plan for mobilizing your Troop/Outfit for emergency service. Prepare an emergency kit for use by your Patrol/Crew or your family.

7. Participate in one emergency service.