2. Safety
(Responsibility for Self) This is a compulsory achievement

Buddy System

• Explain the Buddy System

Home

• Discuss the causes of accidents in the home, especially in the kitchen, bathroom and on stairways. 
  

Road

• Take an adult for a walk and show that you know how to be safe on the roads. 
  
• Water • Discuss the dangers of swimming in the type of water in your area. • 
• Explain the dangers of inflatable toys in open water 

Bush

• Explain what you should do to make sure you don't get lost in the bush. • 
  
• Discuss what to do if you do get lost in the bush. 

Fire

• Discuss the dangers that fire can cause in the home and the bush. • 
  
• Show what to do if you are in a fire at home. 

Personal 

• Discuss why you should not go places by yourself. 
  

Buddy System 

• Define the Buddy System and explain its benefits 
  

Home 

• Discuss the causes of accidents around the home and garden, including in sheds and around swimming pools. 
  

Road 

• Discuss the safety aspects of travelling in cars, buses and trains. 
  

Water

• Demonstrate an understanding of the dangers of swimming in swimming pools, sea, rivers and lakes dams. 
  
• Identify safe areas for swimming 
  

Bush 

• Explain what to do to make sure you don't get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong.
  
• Demonstrate three ways of making distress signals. 
  

Fire 

• Discuss the ways that fire can start in the home and in the bush. • 
  
• Show what to do if you are in a fire at home. 
  

Personal

• Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe somewhere. 
  

Buddy System 

• Explain the Buddy System and teach it to a younger Cub Scout. 
  

Home

• Discuss the dangers of poisons at home. • 
  
• Discuss what to do at home in the case of an electrical storm. 
  

Road 

• Demonstrate the safety rules you need to consider when riding a bike, scooter, skateboard or roller blading. • 
  
• Show you can use this equipment safely. 
  

Water 

• Show three methods you could use to help someone who could not swim who fell into deep water and could not swim 
  

Bush 

• Explain what to do to make sure you don't get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong. • 
  
• Discuss the dangers in the bush that are appropriate to your area, e.g. weather, terrain, and poisonous creatures. 
  

Fire 

• Discuss ways to reduce the dangers that cause fires in the home and the bush. 
  

Personal 

• Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe when with a particular person.