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Scouts emergency preparedness activity: 1. Introduction to what home emergencies could happen. 2. Activity for 6 scenarios with cards to cut out. 3. Wrap up and handout home kit list to take home.

Resources

Printer, scissors. Its all done.

Instructions

1. INTRODUCTION to what home emergenies could happen. How its good to prepere in advance so you can get equipment ready in one place. Plus thinking in advance means less panic at the time . Use cambridgeshire PDF guide to get leaders upto speed. (10 mins chat in a circle)

2. ACTIVITY FOR ^ HOME SCENARIOs. Run as bases each with a leader. Could combine 2 or 3 at a base. They are
1. Sudden Flash Flood. 2. Winter Storm and 3 day Power Failure 3. A Chemical Leak poluting regional water supply 4. E-Bike home Fire 5. Gas Leak and emergency evacuation 6. Chemical Spill and "Sheter in Place" order. Each scenario has cards for the scouts to consider What they should do? What items they need? What is the biggest danger? There is a sheet of small cards to cut out with all items so the scouts can pick out those items they need for each scenario. There is a leaders answer sheet for each too so leaders can work with scouts proactively. (10 mins per scenario - 60 mins)

3. WRAP UP and HOME KIT LIST. Print off and hand out kit lists for teh Scouts. One is for the home, the other is for a car in winter. Talk about the items there and wrap up. (5 Mins)

Tags

• disaster preparedness
• emergencies
• emergency kit
• Home Safety

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