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October Theme
FIRE! FIRE!
Webelos Scout Activity Badges—Showman, Scientist
iRESAFE
This fire prevention theme offers plenty
of possibilities for fun as well as teaching
important lessons. Cub Scouts who admire
firefighters might get to meet some this
month, and they will learn how to make a
home fire-escape plan and where to look
for fire hazards in their own homes.
The pack meeting highlight may be
skits and demonstrations prepared by the
dens or a presentation by firefighters.
This theme is designed to achieve Cub
Scouting's purposes of
• Developing habits and attitudes of good
citizenship
• Fostering a sense of personal achieve-
ment by developing new interests and skills
• Showing how to be helpful and do one's
best
PLANNING THE PACK MEETING
The pack committee should decide
whether to ask the local fire department for
a presentation or to have den skits and
demonstrations as the pack meeting
feature.
Firefighters could show rescue equip-
ment and the tools they use for fighting
fires. They might also have a video on how
children can help prevent fires.
If the committee prefers den acts, each
Cub Scout den will prepare a skit, stunt, or
demonstration. Some ideas are on page 4
OCT.
A suggested pack meeting agenda is on
page 3 OCT.
DEN PROJECTS
The den's activities this month will
depend in part on whether the pack meet-
ing feature will be den skits and demon-
strations or a presentation by firefighters.
The den meeting outlines on page 2 OCT
assume that it will be den performances. If
it will not be, ignore the references to
preparing a den act; you will still have
plenty of things to do.
It is recommended that during the first
den meeting this month, the den partici-
pate in one of the activities from Cub
Scouting's Ethics in Action emphasis.
Ethics in Action is designed to reinforce
character-building efforts through a series
of learning activities in living and sharing.
Four of the activities will be covered dur-
ing this program year. For October, the
suggested activity is "Saying Hello, Saying
Goodbye." Prepare for it by reading about
the purpose and methods of the Ethics in
Action emphasis on pages 11-2 to 11-6 in
the Cub Scout Leader How-To Book. Then
use pages 11-41 and 11-42 for "Saying
Hello, Saying Goodbye."
Skit and Demonstration Ideas. Here are a
few possibilities for a den skit, stunt, or
demonstration for the pack meeting:
Skits
• See To Help Other People, Ghosts in Fire
Land, and Match Place on page 4 OCT.
• "Fire!" Two Cub Scouts try unsuccessful-
ly to get a toy cannon to fire. One boy calls
out repeatedly, "Fire!," the other pulls the
pin on the cannon, and nothing happens.
Then Cub Scouts dressed as firefighters
rush in and ask, "Where's the fire?" The call
of "Fire!" is heard again, and this time the
cannon goes off with a "Boom!" and the fire-
fighters are bowled over.
Demonstrations
• Show the Fire Triangle Experiment on
page 6 OCT.
• Under close supervision by the den lead-
er, demonstrate how baking soda will extin-
guish a small grease fire.
• Show how to smother flames on a per-
son's clothing (pages 78-79, Bear Cub Scout
Book).
• With guidance from the den chief, show
first aid for burns.
• Display Home Fire-Escape Plans and ex-
plain how they were made. See page 5 OCT.
DEN GAMES
BUCKET BRIGADE RELAY. This is played
outdoors. Divide the den into two teams.
Give each team a bucket filled with water.
Place two empty buckets at a distance in
front of the teams. On signal, the first player
on each team carries the full bucket to the
empty one, pours the water into it, sets
down the empty bucket, picks up the full
one, and returns to his team with it. The
next player repeats the action, and so on
until all have carried the water. This is not a
speed contest or race. The winning team is
the one with the most water in one bucket
when all members have finished carrying.
ROLL-IN-A-BLANKET. First, review the ad-
vice for extinguishing flames on a person's
clothing on pages 78-79 in the Bear Cub
Scout Book.
Then form the den in a circle with the
leader in the center. The leader points to a
Cub Scout and says, "Your clothes are on
fire!" The boy drops to the floor, covers his
head with his arms, and rolls as he should
if his clothing really were on fire. If possi-
ble, have an old blanket he can roll in to
smother the flames. Continue around the
circle until all boys have tried it.
FIREFIGHTER, SAVE MY CHILD. Divide
the den into two teams. One member of
each team, the "child," sits on an old throw
rug about fifteen feet from his team. Give
the other team members 4-foot lengths of
rope. On signal, they tie their ropes togeth-
er with square knots to form a rescue rope.
When all ropes are tied, one member
throws one end of the rescue rope to the
"child" and the team pulls him to safety.
CUB 1 OCT 97
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