Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness

Survive This! Separation Anxiety

By Scouting magazine

You’re hiking in the wilderness, and three hours into the journey you’ve become hopelessly lost. Then you realize you’ve dropped your map somewhere along the way. What do you do?

Emergency Preparedness

How to survive if your light goes out when caving

By Scouting magazine

You’re caving with your crew when your light source burns out. Your batteries and other lights are in your pack, which is missing. And now you’ve become separated. How do you survive?

Aquatics

Survive This: That Sinking Feeling

By Scouting magazine

While whitewater canoeing, a hole appears in the bottom of your canoe. How do you repair your craft and get back in the water?

Camping

Outdoor Smarts: Lost and Found!

By Scouting magazine

People get lost in the wilderness more often than you might think. The keys to being found include preparing well, responding correctly, and carrying a well-stocked survival kit.

Emergency Preparedness

Staying Alive in Avalanche Country

By Scouting magazine

Scouts in Northern Nevada learn the basics of avalanche safety while skiing some of Tahoe’s steepest slopes.

Emergency Preparedness

The 'Sneaky Diseases'

By Scouting magazine

An outdoor medical expert recommends ways to prevent tick-borne Lyme disease and mosquito-spread West Nile virus.