Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge

Troop 505 will be working on their Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge during the March troop meetings and the advancement camp out finishing with a test at the April 5th meeting.

The scouts will receive the all the written materials they need at the Feb 22 troop meeting. The Emergency Preparedness work sheet will act as their blue card.  The counselors will sign it as requirements are completed and the scout will need to hand the work book in at the end of the class on April 5th  to obtain their signed, completed blue card.

Things to do first: 

1. Read and understand the Syllabus. 

2. Read and understand the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge book.

3. Start your homework.

4. Read the online materials (links below)

• Syllabus
   

• Naperville Emergency Prep Guide 2010 (14 Mb PDF) Slow
    

• Summary of City, County, State & FEMA (18Kb Word Doc)
   

• The FEMA are you ready site  has 8 great videos that we would like all scouts to view.  They take about 40 minutes to view all 8 videos. They are linked below. This site is also a good resource for other requirements.
  

  • Introduction (Windows Media 6.3MB)

  • Get Informed (Windows Media 4.7MB)

  • Make a Plan (Windows Media 7.0MB)

  • Disaster Supplies Kit (Windows Media 5.6MB)

  • People with Disabilities (Windows Media 3.8MB)

  • Food and Water (Windows Media 5.8MB)

  • Helping Children Cope (Windows Media 5.8MB)

  • Get Involved (Windows Media 7.0MB)

  If you are having trouble running any of the videos right click on the link and save the link (file) to your hard drive (@ 45 seconds) and click on the saved file.

Emergency Preparedness Requirements

Optional Material.

We would also like each scout to complete the BSA online training for Hazardous Weather located at http://olc.scouting.org/