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OCTOBER THEME
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Each year about 12,000 Americans die
in fires, half of them in their homes.
Another 300,000 require hospital treat-
ment for fire-related injuries.
That's a lot of heartache.
This month Cub Scouts will learn
how to make their homes safer, how to
be prepared if fire strikes, and how to
save persons whose clothing catches
fire. With this knowledge, Cub Scouts
may be able to make a significant dent
in the horrifying death toll from fires.
In their dens, the boys will learn
firesafety skills through demonstra-
tions. practice and games. They may
also visit a fire station.
The pack meeting will feature a pre-
sentation by fire fighters and displays
and demonstrations by Cub Scouts on
what they've learned about firesafety.
PLANNING THE PACK MEETING.
The den meeting outlines on page CUB
2 OCT. suggest that the third meeting of
the month be a visit to a fire station.
If most of your dens make such a
visit, there is not much point in inviting
fire fighters to make a presentation at
the pack meeting. If, however, your
dens do not go to a fire station, a
demonstration and discussion of fire-
safety and fire fighting methods by fire
fighters could be the highlight of the
pack meeting.
The pack committee should decide in
time to either arrange with the fire
department for a presentation at the
pack meeting or for dens to visit fire
stations.
EMERGENCY
PHONE NUMBERS
FIRE
POLICE
MEDICAL
AMBULANCE
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A suggested pack meeting agenda is
on page CUB 4 OCT. Adapt it to your
needs.
DEN PROJECTS
Firesafety is an important subject but
it may not be an exciting one for Cub
Scout-age boys. So leaders should try to
build in a little excitement by making a
game of learning when that's possible.
Games such as Home Fire Hazard Hunt
and Roll in a Blanket on these pages
provide fun as well as education about
firesafety.
It is suggested in the de.n meeting
outlines that the den visit a fire station
for the third meeting. The aim is to
teach the boys what firemen do in their
job and to learn something about the
equipment they use. If the pack is going
to have a demonstration by fire fighters
at the pack meeting, you may want to
skip the den visit and hold a regular den
meeting for the third week.
For the pack meeting, your den will
want to have a skit, demonstration or
display on firesafety. Some ideas fol-
low. They may be demonstrated at your
district's September roundtable.
PACK MEETING PROJECTS
Choose one of these or develop your
own.
• Make and distribute at the pack
meeting gummed labels with emer-
gency phone numbers like the ones
shown here. Write in the numbers for
"Fire" and "Police." Each family fills in
its own "Medical" and "Ambulance"
numbers. Suggest that each family at-
tach the label to the phone at home.
• Practice dialing the fire or police
numbers (with receiver still on the
hook.) Rehearse the message to be
spoken.
• Skit on firesafety outdoors, featuring
a family cookout.
• Demonstration of the fire-triangle
experiment (this page).
• Display of den-made firesafety pos-
ters (see ideas on this page).
• Demonstration of how to make fab-
rics flame-resistant (page CUB 3 OCT.).
• Skit on fire detective who discovers a
host of fire hazard clues. (See GAMES
that follow here.)
• Display of family or den fire escape
plans and explanation of how to make
one (page CUB 3 OCT). Practice the
plan.
• Demonstrate use of baking soda to
extinguish a small grease fire. Try this
using a burning candle.
CUB 1 OCT 78
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