Safety - BSA Merit Badges

MERIT BADGES

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"A"
American Business
American Culture
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Atomic Energy
Auto Mechanics
Aviation

"B"
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling

"C"
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Citizenship Community*
Citizenship Nation*
Citizenship World*
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communications*
Computers
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling*

"D"
Dentistry
Disability Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting

"E"
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness**
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science*

"F"
Family Life*
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid*
Fish & Wildlife Mgmt.
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry

"G"
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts

"H"
Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship

"I"
Indian Lore
Insect Studies

"J"
Journalism

"K"

"L"
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving**

"M"
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design & Building
Motorboating
Music

"N"
Nature

"O"
Oceanography
Orienteering

"P"
Painting
Personal Fitness**
Personal Management*
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper

"Q"

"R"
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile & Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing

"S"
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Skiing
Small Boat Sailing
Soil & Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports**
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming**

"T"
Textile
Theatre
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation

"U"

"V"
Veterinary Medicine

"W"
Water Skiing
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork

"X"
"Y"
"Z"

Safety
Requirements 1998

Prepare a safety notebook to include:
1. Newspaper and other stories showing common kinds and causes of accidents in the home.
2. Newspapers and other stories showing common kinds of crimes against families like yours.
3. Facts you have obtained concerning the frequency of accidents and crimes involving families in your locality.
4. A paragraph or more written by you explaining how your family life could be changed by serious fire, accident, or crime.
5. A list of safe practices and safety devices currently used in your home and automobile.
Do the following:
1. Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, make an inspection of your home. Explain the hazards found and how they can be corrected.
2. Review or develop your family's plan of escape in case of fire in your family's home.
Do the following:
1. Discuss with your counselor how you contribute to the safety of yourself, your family, and your community.
2. 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 church, theater, municipal building, library, supermarket, 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 a beach, and while traveling). Each plan should include an analysis of possible hazards, proposed action to correct hazards, and reasons for the corrections you propose.
Plan and complete a safety project approved by your counselor in your home, school, church, or community.

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