Emergency Preparedness

PREREQUISITES

1. Provide proof of having earned the First Aid merit badge.

2. Do the following:

c. Meet with and teach your family how to get or build a kit, make a plan, and be informed for the situations on the chart you created for requirement 2b.         Complete a family plan. Then meet with your counselor and report on your family meeting, discuss their responses, and share your family plan. 

(Bring a copy of this plan)

6. Do the following:

c. Find out who is your community's emergency management director and learn what this person does to prepare for, respond to, recover from, prevent, and mitigateemergency situations in your community. Discuss this information with your counselor and apply what you discover to the chart you created for requirement 2b.

8. Do the following:

b. Prepare a personal emergency service pack for a mobilization call. Prepare a family kit (suitcase or waterproof box) for use by your family in case an       emergency evacuation is needed. Explain the needs and uses of the contents.

9. Do the following:

b. Review or develop a plan of escape for your family in case of fire in your home.

(worksheet contains app'd checklist)