A
merit badge for
Boy scouts. This is not a required badge for
Eagle. Taken from meritbadge.com:
- Prepare a notebook to include:
- Newspaper and other stories showing common kinds and causes of accidents in the
home
- Newspaper and other stories showing common kinds of crimes against families like
yours
- Facts you have obtained concerning the frequency of accidents and of crimes involving
families in your locality
- A paragraph or more, written by you, explaining how your family life could be changed by
a serious fire, accident, or crime
- A list of safe practices and safety devices currently used in your family's home and
automobile
- Do the following:
- Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, make an inspection of your home.
Explain the hazards found and how they can be corrected.
- Review or develop your family's plan of escape in case of fire in your home.
- Do the following:
- Discuss with your counselor how you contribute to the safety of yourself, your family,
and your community.
- Show your family members how to protect themselves and your home from accidents, fire,
theft, robbery, and assault.
- Show your family exits you would use from different public buildings (such as a church,
theater, municipal building, library, supermarket, or shopping center) in the event of an
emergency. Teach your family what do in the event of a panic.
- Make a plan for accident prevention programs for five family activities outside the home
(at church, at a theater, on a picnic, at the beach, and while traveling). Each plan
should include an analysis of possible hazards, proposed action to correct hazards, and
reasons for the correction you propose.
- Plan and complete a safety project approved by your counselor in your home, school,
church, or community.