1. Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses likely to occur in backcountry settings,
including hypothermia, heat reactions, frostbite, dehydration, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snake bites.

2. From memory, list the seven survival priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location. Explain the
importance of each one with your counselor. Note: The BSA priorities are identical to those of Byron Kerns Survival:
Positive Mental Attitude, Wilderness First Aid, Shelter, Firecraft, Signaling, Water, and Food.

3. Describe ways to avoid panic and maintain a high level of morale when lost; and, explain why this is important.

4. Describe the steps you would take to survive in the following conditions: Cold and snowy, Wet (forest), Hot and dry (desert), Windy
(mountains or plains), and Water (ocean, lake, or river).

5. Put together a personal survival kit and be able to explain how each item in it can be useful.

6. Using three different methods (other than matches), build and light three fires.

7. Do the following: a. Show five different ways to attract attention when lost; b. Demonstrate how to use a signal mirror; and, c. Describe from
memory five ground-to-air signals and tell what they mean.

8. Improvise a natural shelter. Spend a night in your shelter.

9. Explain how to protect yourself from insects, reptiles, and bears.

10. Demonstrate three ways to treat water found in the outdoors to prepare it for drinking.

11. Show that you know the proper clothing to wear in your area on an overnight
in extremely hot weather and in extremely cold weather.

12. Explain why it usually is not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation.






BSA Survival Camp
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Start time: Saturday, 10 AM. End time: Sunday, 1 PM.
Boy Scouts, ages 10+.
Tuition: $62.
BSA Survival Camp
"Sir Robert Baden-Powell didn't want to just entertain the boys - he
wanted to teach them the wilderness survival skills he'd learned in
the military. These boys would become the leaders of the future, he
figured, so why not prepare them now by showing them not just
survival skills, but also how to be of help to others."


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BSA Survival Camp
equipment list.
The Boy Scout (BSA) Survival Camp is for Boy Scouts with a desire to earn the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. Be assured that Byron will meet
and exceed the training requirements for their badge. A registered Merit Badge Counselor with the Boy Scouts of America, he has plenty of
experience having trained hundreds of Scouts and adult leaders. Leaders accompanying the boys attend at no charge. This fun
and hands-on training camp concludes with a written test and gifts will be awarded the top scorer. The training will focus
and expand on the following BSA Wilderness Survival Merit Badge requirements.