- 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.
BSA Advancement ID#: 12
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215D, revised 2001