Boy Scout
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Training
Prerequiste for this class: First Aid Merit Badge
To earn the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge, BSA Scouts (ages 12-17) may attend either a Personal Emergency Preparedness (PEP) class or an Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge training class. This merit badge also includes a list of required self-study items.
The Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge training is offered at Midways twice annually. To enroll in one of the Midway Emergency Preparedness training classes, contact the sponsoring Troop below:
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Requirements
Please review the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Requirements. Self-Study requirements must be completed prior to attending the Midway Merit Badge class.
Classroom training to earn Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge includes the following topics:
- Bay Area Risks and Emergency Procedures
-Responding to disasters
-Impacts to infrastructure and communities
- Be Ready for Disasters
-Preparing at home
-Make a Plan
-Get a Kit
-Stay Informed
- Fire Safety
-Home fire safety
-Smoke alarms/CO alarms
-Home escape planning
- Fire Extinguishers
-Classes of fire/types of extinguishers
-Operating a fire extinguisher
-Safety precautions
- Household Hazardous Materials
-Identifying and disposing of household hazardous materials
-Responding to hazardous materials emergencies
- Recognizing and Treating Life Threatening Conditions
-Obstructed airway
-Hands-Only CPR
-Control bleeding
Girl Scout
Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts working on their First Aid badge can schedule a fire station tour and talk with firefighters about how to get help (call 9-1-1), how they respond to emergencies, how to treat and prevent certain injuries, and more to satisfy the First Aid badge requirements for each level.
To schedule a station tour, please contact the Community Education Services at (408) 378-4010 or via email.
- Find out how to get help from 9-1-1
- Talk to someone who treats injured people
- Make a first aid kit
- Learn how to treat minor injuries
- Know how to prevent and treat outdoor injuries
- Learn the first steps to take in an emergency
- Talk to first responders
- Make a portable first aid kit
- Find out how to handle urgent first aid issues
- Know how to take care of someone who is sick
- Understand how to care for younger children
- Know how to use everything in a first aid kit
- Find out how to prevent serious outdoor injuries
- Know the signs of shock and how to treat it
- Learn to prevent and treat injuries due to weather
- Find out how to perform triage
- Know how to help a head or neck injury
- Learn how to use everyday objects to make splints
- Recognize the signs of alcohol and drug overdose
- Share your knowledge with others
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Learn how to handle wilderness medical emergencies
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Research careers that save lives in extreme conditions
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Find out how to care for a critically injured person
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Know how to move an injured person
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Explore handling real-life wilderness emergencies