Emergency Planning Badge

The requirements for the Scouts Emergency Preparedness Badge (This link takes you to Scouts Canada site for a printable page. The same requirements are listed below.)

• 1. Describe three situations that would lead to a community emergency. Describe how emergencies can affect the local community and the people in it.

• 2a) Create/update a Family Emergency Plan and discuss with your family. (Here is a web form and pages hosted by the Government of Canada that will help you.)
• 2b) As a patrol, create a Troop Emergency Plan and present it to your troop. The Court of Honour will agree on the final Troop Emergency Plan.

• 3. Create/Update an Emergency Survival Kit for home use (to support your family for 72 hours; that's 3 days and nights).

• 4. Identify a person in the community who would possibly
  require help in an emergency (e.g. someone with special
  needs, a senior) and how you could assist them.

• 5. List three emergencies that are created by climate/
  weather. What would you do to prepare and react
  to those?

• 6. Earn the First Aid Badge.
  

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  For your own home use, create a "Go bag ".