 Emergency Preparedness 
This Merit Badge requires 2 sessions to complete.
The Pathways to Eagle preparation work items for the Emergency Preparedness merit badge are: 1, 2b, 2c, 6c, 8b, 9
- Items in RED - MUST be completed before the session starts to make it possible to complete the merit badge at Pathways to Eagle. Bring proof of completion (item, written work, note, photo, etc.)
- Items in GREEN - Can be completed before the session starts or done during merit badge session.
- Items in BLACK - MUST be ready to demonstrate your knowledge of these requirements during the merit badge session.
Scouts are strongly encouraged to use a Merit Badge worksheet to show that they have done the preparation work for the merit badge.
Download the workbook for the
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge
in Adobe PDF format from the U.S. Scouting Service Project website.
Scouts MUST be able to discuss any items completed as preparation works or as written work.
Note: Some requirements contain items that fall into more that one category and are listed as the higher category.
1. |
Earn the First Aid merit badge. |
| a. |
Discuss with your counselor these aspects of
emergency preparedness:
1. Prevention
2.
Protection
3. Mitigation
4. Response
5. Recovery
Include in your discussion the kinds of
questions that are important to ask yourself as
you consider each of these. |
| b. |
Using a chart, graph, spreadsheet, or another
method approved by your
counselor, demonstrate your understanding of
each aspect of emergency preparedness
listed in requirement 2a (prevention,
protection, mitigation, response,
and recovery) for 10 emergency situations from
the list below. You must use the
first five situations listed below (1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5), plus any other five of your choice.
Discuss your findings with your counselor. |
| 2. |
Home basement/storage room/garage fire* |
| 3. |
Explosion in the home* |
| 5. |
Food-borne disease (food poisoning)* |
| 6. |
Fire or explosion in a public place |
| 7. |
Vehicle stalled in the desert |
| 8. |
Vehicle trapped in a blizzard |
| 10. |
Mountain/backcountry accident |
| 11. |
Boating or water accident |
| 12. |
Gas leak in a home or a building |
| 14. |
Major flooding or a flash flood |
| 15. |
Toxic chemical spills and releases |
| 16. |
Nuclear power plant emergency |
| 17. |
Violence in a public place |
| 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. |
3. |
Show how you could safely save a person from the
following: |
| a. |
Touching a live household electric wire |
| b. |
A structure filled with carbon monoxide |
| d. |
Drowning, using nonswimming rescues (including
accidents on ice) |
4. |
Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue planes/aircraft. |
5. |
With another person, show a good way to transport
an injured person out of a remote and/or rugged
area, conserving the energy of rescuers while
ensuring the well-being and protection of the
injured person. |
| a. |
Describe the National Incident Management System
(NIMS)/and the Incident Command System (ICS) |
| b. |
Identify the local government or community
agencies that normally handle and prepare for
emergency services similar to those of the NIMS or
ICS. Explain to your counselor ONE of the
following: |
| 1. |
How the NIMS/ICS can assist a Boy Scout troop when
responding in a disaster |
| 2. |
How a group of Scouts could volunteer to help in
the event of these types of emergencies |
| c. |
Find out who is your community’s emergency
management director and learn what this person
does to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to,
and recover from emergency situations in your
community. Discuss this information with your
counselor, utilizing the information you learned
from requirement 2b. |
| a. |
Take part in an emergency service project, either
a real one or a practice drill, with a Scouting
unit or a community agency. |
| b. |
Prepare a written plan for mobilizing your troop
when needed to do emergency service. If there is
already a plan, explain it. Tell your part in
making it work. |
| a. |
Tell the things a group of Scouts should be
prepared to do, the training they need, and the
safety precautions they should take 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 |
| 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 ONE of the following: |
| a. |
Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, inspect your home for potential hazards. Explain the hazards you find and how they can be corrected. |
| b. |
Review or develop a plan of escape for your family in case of fire in your home. |
| c. |
Develop an accident prevention program for five family activities outside the home (such as taking a picnic or seeing a movie) that includes an analysis of possible hazards, a proposed plan to correct those hazards, and the reasons for the corrections you propose. |
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The requirements listed on this web site are believed to be correct.
The official requirements can be found in the current edition of
"Boy Scout Requirements Book 2024"
Download the workbook for the
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge
in Adobe PDF format from, The U.S. Scouting Service Project website.
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