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Boy Scout Troop 1048
(Collinsville, Illinois)
 
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Emergency Preparedness BSA Award


 


Individual Emergency Preparedness Award Requirements

Boy Scout and Varsity Scout Requirements

  1. Participate in creating an emergency plan for your home and for your troop or team's Scouting activities. Be sure you know the details of both emergency plans.
  2. Earn the First Aid or Emergency Preparedness merit badge.
  3. With your troop or team, including its adult leaders, participate in emergency preparedness training conducted by community emergency preparedness agencies.
  4. Complete IS-100.b, Introduction to Incident Command System (see http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp ).

Unit Volunteer Scouter Requirements

This award is available to all registered Scouters who serve a unit, including all leaders and committee members.

Do any three of the following:

  1. Provide input to develop or improve an emergency preparedness program plan and kit for your home and be sure all family members know the plan.
  2. Participate actively in preparing an emergency action plan for your Scouting unit meeting place. (This includes all locations where you might have a meeting.)
  3. Put together a unit emergency kit to be kept at your unit meeting location. (This includes all locations where you might have a meeting.)
  4. Take a basic first-aid/CPR/AED course.
  5. Participate as an active volunteer in a community agency responsible for disaster preparedness.
  6. Complete IS-100.b, Introduction to Incident Command System (see http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp ).

Unit-Level Achievement

Achieve the mandatory requirements below, and:

  • Bronze Level: If 30 percent of your youth and adult members have achieved the award.
  • Silver Level: If 40 percent of your youth and adult members have achieved the award.
  • Gold Level: If 50 percent of your youth and adult members have achieved the award.

    Mandatory Unit Requirements

  • The unit members conduct a check or create a unit and personal first-aid kit.
  • The unit members conduct a safety check of their meeting place using the checklist in the Guide to Safe Scouting.
  • The Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Coach, or Advisor and the assistant Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Coaches, or Advisors, and the unit committee chair have in their possession and have read the most current Guide to Safe Scouting.
  • The unit members create an emergency action plan for unit use during regular meetings, tours, and activities. See http://www.scouting.org/filestore/doc/680-029.doc .
  • Greater than 40 percent of registered adults are trained in Safety A?oat and Safe Swim Defense.
  • Greater than 40 percent of registered members, including at least one adult, are trained in ?rst aid and CPR/AED by a recognized agency such as the Emergency Care and Safety Institute, the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association.
  • Greater than 40 percent of unit members completed the SCOUTStrong fitness program or earned the Quest Award.
  • Mandatory for troops and teams only: All youth members with a driving permit or driver’s license have earned the Tra?c Safety merit badge.
  • Mandatory for troops and teams only: Greater than 40 percent of registered Scouts have earned the First Aid merit badge and are certified in CPR/Wilderness First Aid.
  • Mandatory for Venturing crews only: All youth with a driving permit or driver’s license have taken Venturing Out: Keys to Safe Driving online or attended a group presentation of the Risk Zone: Transporting Scouts Safely.
  • Mandatory for Venturing crews only: Greater than 40 percent of registered crew members are trained in CPR/AED by a nationally recognized agency such as the Emergency Care and Safety Institute, the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association.
  • Mandatory for troops/teams/Venturing crews only: Greater than 40 percent of registered Scouts and adults have completed IS-100.b, Introduction to Incident Command System (see http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp ).

Do one of the following:

  • The unit conducts a safety promotion with the community about emergency preparedness and/or readiness.
  • Identify a unit’s risk management or health and safety o?cer. Attach a copy of the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position to the application.

Emergency Preparedness BSA pin, No. 00540 (civilian wear/uniform, centered on left pocket flap). Awarded when requirements are met. Only one pin may be worn.

Emergency Preparedness BSA information pocket card, No. 32185

Emergency Preparedness BSA support recognition certificate (8'' x 10"), No. 32186

All emergency activities carried out by Scouting units must be appropriate for the ages and abilities of the young people involved. Units should participate only under the supervision of their own leaders, and plans for unit help must be coordinated with community agencies responsible for disaster preparedness.


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680-602 Emergency prep award app.pdf Application  

PALA Award


 

 
  The SCOUTStrong Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge will help you add activity to your life, and reward you when you do!

This challenge is for everyone associated with the Boy Scouts of America, including Scouts, Venturers, Parents, Volunteers, Council Staff, Board Members, Friends of Scouting, and BSA Alumni.

To earn the SCOUTStrong PALA Challenge Award, you are required to meet a daily activity goal of 30 minutes a day for adults and 60 minutes a day for kids under 18 for at least five days a week, for six out of eight weeks. Stick with the program and you'll earn an award in less than two months.


Nova and Super Nova Awards


 

 

Nova Awards for Boy Scouts

 

The Nova awards are available to all Boy Scouts and are optional. Requirements must be completed while registered as a Boy Scout and before turning age 18. There are four Boy Scout Nova awards (Shoot!, Start Your Engines!, Whoosh!, Designed to Crunch)—one for each STEM area—and a Scout can earn all four. Completion of any Nova award earns a Boy Scout the right to wear the respective Nova award patch. Completion of each additional STEM Nova award is recognized by a pi (p) pin placed on the patch. Each award builds on the STEM-related topic, involves hands-on activities, and often includes a field trip.



Supernova Award        

The Supernova awards recognize superior achievement in the STEM fields and require significantly more effort by the Boy Scout than the Nova awards. The two Supernova awards are available to all Boy Scouts who have achieved the rank of First Class. The Dr. Bernard Harris Supernova Bronze Award requires the Scout to have earned any three of the four Boy Scout Nova awards. The Thomas Edison Supernova Silver Award requires completion of the fourth Boy Scout Nova award in addition to the Harris Award as a prerequisite. For the Supernova awards, a mentor, who serves much like a merit badge counselor, is required.

For complete requirements and more information about the Nova and Supernova awards, refer to the Boy Scout Nova Awards Guidebook, or go to www.scouting.org/stem.aspx.