POMPERAUG DISTRICT FALL CAMPOREE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MERIT BADGE OCTOBER 17-‐19, 2014 CAMP SEQUASSEN This is an extensive guideline for you to plan and prepare your Scouts for the Zombie Apocalypse Fall Camporee where they will have the opportunity to complete several requirements for the Emergency Preparedness merit badge. NOTES: a Each Troop should sign up their very own Emergency Preparedness merit badge counselor to review homework items for this merit badge and check off the blue cards for your Scouts. b Scouts should complete pre-‐requisites (e.g. worksheets and bring their personal emergency preparedness kits. c Scouts should finish their merit badge at their home units. d Scouts must earn the merit badge individually, even though it is being offered as a group. One of the best ways to ensure this is to have the Scouts complete their own set of worksheets and be prepared to discuss at each station. You may either use the traditional merit badge worksheets found online, or use the zombie apocalypse worksheets (same requirements – just “zombified” for the purpose of this event). Requirements Pre-‐requisites: complete worksheets, bring your personal emergency kit, 8a (or Friday night) Stations will cover the following merit badge requirements: 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8b, 8c (personal kit) Requirements that will NOT be earned at the camporee: 1, 2c, 8c (family kit), 9 FRIDAY NIGHT (or PRE-‐REQUISITE) – MAKE A WRITTEN TROOP MOBILIZATION PLAN -‐ (Requirement 8a) NOTE: These activities will be done with your Troop and signed off by an adult leader in your Troop. They should either be done before you come to the Camporee – or done Friday night in the campsite. This written plan will be executed during the Emergency Drill at lunch on Saturday. You will eat lunch and activate your phone tree and/or mobilization plan. 8a – Prepare a written plan for mobilizing your troop when needed to do emergency service. If there is already a plan, explain it. Tell your part in making it work. 8b – Take part in at least one troop mobilization. Before the exercise, describe your part to your counselor. Afterward, conduct an “after-‐action” lesson, discussing what you learned during the exercise, what required changes or adjustments to the plan Don’t forget to make TWO types of mobilization plans • Plan A -‐ When normal communications unavailable • Plan B -‐ When communication is up STATION #1 -‐ PRRM (Prepare, Respond, Recover, Mitigate) (Req #2A) Requirement 2. Do the following: a Discuss with your counselor the aspects of emergency preparedness: 1. Prepare for emergency situations 2. Respond to emergency situations 3. Recover from emergency situations 4. Mitigate and prevent emergency situations Include in your discussion the kinds of questions that are important to ask yourself as you consider each of these. STATION #2 – ZOMBIE SCENARIOS -‐ 1 DISCUSS FIVE SITUATIONS FROM YOUR CHART (Req #2B part 1) STATION #2 – MUST DISCUSS THOSE in BOLD FACE, plus 2 more scenarios (Zombify each scenario). 1. HOME KITCHEN FIRE -‐ You find a new safehouse (which is actually a house!) That has a working stove! One of the other survivors is terrified of Kitchen Fires. How could you calm him down? a. HOW might you prepare? b. What would you do to respond? c. How do you recover? d. How would you Mitigate & Prevent 2. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT -‐ Roads are dangerous places after the zombie apocalypse. Not only is there no one around to fix the potholes, but with abandoned cars and shuffling zombies to dodge, accidents are bound to happen while driving. a. What are some things to think about before a road trip? b. HOW might you prepare? c. What would you do to respond? d. How do you recover? e. How would you Mitigate & Prevent 3. FOOD BORNE DISEASE -‐ Refrigeration is scarce following the zombie apocalypse. As a result, Food Borne disease is a major concern. a. What are some Factors to consider? b. HOW might you prepare? c. What would you do to respond? d. How do you recover? e. How would you Mitigate & Prevent 4. Fire or explosion in a public place 5. Vehicle stalled in the desert 6. Vehicle trapped in a blizzard 7. Flash flooding in town or in the country 8. Mountain/backcountry accident STATION #3 -‐– ZOMBIE SCENARIOS -‐ 2 DISCUSS 5 SITUATIONS FROM YOUR CHART (Req #2B part 2) STATION #3 – MUST DISCUSS THOSE in BOLD FACE, plus 3 more scenarios (Zombify each scenario). a. Home basement/storage room/garage fire -‐ What are some things to think about in case the zombies set fire to your basement, storage room or garage (where you store your food!)? -‐ HOW might you prepare? -‐ What would you do to respond? -‐ How do you recover? -‐ How would you Mitigate & Prevent b. Explosion in the home -‐ What are some things to think about in the event the zombies set an explosive device in your home? -‐ HOW might you prepare? -‐ What would you do to respond? -‐ How do you recover? -‐ How would you Mitigate & Prevent c. Boating accident d. Gas leak in a home or a building e. Tornado or hurricane f. Major flood g. Nuclear power plant emergency h. Avalanche (snowslide or rockslide). i. Violence in a public place STATION #4: SAVE A FRIEND? (Requirement 3) Have all Scouts work together to enact all four (4) scenarios below. Bring rope (for live wire), camp stove, paper flames and a blue tarp, rope and a pole or stave for non-‐swimming drowning recovery. If possible, have an older Scout dressed as a Zombie help with this station for extra excitement in each scenario. 1. MB Requirement 3a – TOUCHING A LIVE HOUSEHOLD WIRE: A zombie tried to enter your defensive hideout by chewing a hole through the wall. In doing so, he also chewed through a live electrical wire. The ensuing jolt of electricity dispatched the zombie for you, but now you have an exposed electrical wire. What should you safely do? 2. MB Requirement 3b – A ROOM FILLED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE -‐ While zombie hunting, you enter a house that has been a known zombie gathering place. Unfortunately, the zombies have all fled. They were staying warm by using a charcoal stove indoors. You wonder how zombies can be so dumb! The charcoal stove has filled the room with carbon monoxide. What is your reaction? 3. MB Requirement 3c – CLOTHES ON FIRE -‐ You stumble upon a zombie that has been drinking gasoline...again. Unfortunately for him, he's also standing by a car engulfed in flames. After the ensuing exploding zombie, some of his burning 'parts' hit your leg and your clothes catch fire. What will you do to put the fire out? 4. MB Requirement 3d – DROWNING USING NONSWIMMING RESCUES – INCLUDING ACCIDENTS ON ICE -‐ A couple of zombies chase your friends out onto an icy lake. The zombies are too heavy and luckily fall through the ice to their doom. This causes the ice to crack around your friends and they can't move for fear of falling through the ice too. How can you safely save them? STATION #5 – RESCUE AIRCRAFT – Requirement #5 STATION #5 – Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue planes and aircraft. Be able to execute the methods listed in the MB book… while keeping safe from the Zombies. If you can get an older Scout to help teach this station – it would be great to have the Zombie interrupt the Scouts during their attempts to signal the aircraft. STATION #6 -‐ TRANSPORTATION STATION #6 – With another person, show a good way to transport an injured person out of a remote and/or rugged area (e.g. Campsite Jerome), conserving energy of rescuers while ensuring the well-‐being and protection of the injured person. Carry your injured person to the Hospital (for this scenario – that will be at the picnic tables outside the Trading Post ). The coordinator for this station should accompany the Patrol the entire way from the “remote area” to the Hospital (Trading Post) • RUNNING FROM zombies on uneven ground or in the dark is a good way to injure yourself. But we know a well-‐prepared scout is always with a buddy. Knowing how to transport your friend across uneven ground may be the difference between him being able to hunt zombies another day or becoming a zombie himself. • Let’s practice ways to transport scouts • Two-‐handed & Four-‐handed seats • Other ways? STATION #7 –SCOUTS HELP (Req #6a) Scouts can help in an emergency situation Req 6. Do the following: a. Tell the things a group of Scouts should be prepared to do, the training they need, and the safety precautions they should take for the following emergency services: 1. Crowd and traffic control 2. Messenger service and communication. 3. Collection and distribution services. 4. Group feeding, shelter, and sanitation. 1. Crowd & Traffic Control a. The Zombies are coming to town and the townsfolk are trying to leave as quickly as possible. b. Keeping everyone safe & orderly as they evacuate is top priority. c. What should scouts be prepared to do, what training do they need, and what safety precautions should they take? 2. Messenger Service & Communication a. Too many zombies have chewed through telephone & electrical wires b. Communication is spotty at best c. Relaying information between zombie fighting units is needed d. What should scouts be prepared to do, what training do they need, and what safety precautions should they take? 3. Communication & Distribution a. The zombie apocalypse has left many stranded and without basics b. Scouts know that they need to help in any way possible c. What should scouts be prepared to do, what training do they need, and what safety precautions should they take? 4. Group Feeding, Shelter, Santitation a. Your neighborhood was safely evacuated from the ZOA (Zombie Occupied Area) was relocated to a zombie free zone b. What should scouts be prepared to do, what training do they need, and what safety precautions should they take? STATION #8 -‐ GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IDENTIFY GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES. (Req 6b and 6c) • Luckily, we are not alone in the zombie hunt • There are many other survivors who are willing to join with us in a Zombie Apocalypse (or other emergency) • Knowing who they are is essential to being prepared • STATION COORDINATOR – Print out the following several sheets with all the local resources and be ready to discuss with each patrol.
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