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Required to be done before Class: Requirement 6 -
Conduct Home Safety Survey Can be done
before or after class: Requirements 7, 9, 10b, 10c, 11
Required to be done after class: none Merit Badge
Requirements:
- Do the following:
- Demonstrate the technique of
stop, drop, roll, and cool. Explain
how burn injuries can be prevented.
- List the most frequent causes of
burn injuries.
- Explain the chemistry and physics of
fire. Name the parts of the fire
tetrahedron. Explain why vapors are
important to the burning process. Name
the products of combustion. Give an
example of how fire grows and what
happens.
- Name the most frequent causes of
fire in the home and give examples of
ways it can be prevented.
- Do the following:
- Explain the role of human
behavior in the arson problem in
this country
- List the actions that cause
seasonal fires and explain how these
fires can be prevented.
- List common circumstances that cause
holiday-related fires and explain how
these fires can be prevented.
- Conduct a home safety survey with
the help of an adult. Then do the
following:
- Draw a home fire-escape plan,
create a home fire-drill schedule,
and conduct a home fire drill.
- Test a smoke alarm and
demonstrate regular maintenance of a
smoke alarm.
- Explain what to do when you
smell gas and when you smell smoke.
- Explain how you would report a
fire alarm.
- Explain what fire safety
equipment can be found in public
buildings.
- Explain who should use fire
extinguishers and when these devices
can be used.
- Explain how to extinguish a
grease pan fire.
- Explain what fire safety
precautions you should take when you
are in a public building.
- Do the following:
- Demonstrate lighting a match
safely.
- Demonstrate the safe way to
start a charcoal fire.
- Demonstrate the safe way to melt
wax.
- Explain the difference between
combustible and noncombustible liquids
and between combustible and
noncombustible fabrics.
- Do the following:
- Demonstrate the safe way to fuel
a lawnmower.
- Demonstrate the safety factors,
such as proper ventilation, for
auxiliary heating devices and the
proper way to fuel those devices.
- Do the following:
- Explain the cost of outdoor and
wildland fires and how to prevent
them.
- Demonstrate setting up and
putting out a cooking fire.
- Demonstrate using a camp stove
and lantern.
- Explain how to set up a campsite
safe from fire.
- Visit a fire station. Identify the
types of fire trucks. Find out about the
fire prevention activities in your
community.
- Choose a fire safety-related career
that interests you and describe the
level of education required and
responsibilities of a person in that
position. Tell why this position
interests you.
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