For scouts attending WashJam this next week, they will have an opportunity to be some of the first scouts to possibly earn the new Search and Rescue merit badge. Via the WashJam Facebook page, I learned yesterday that one of the requirements is for scouts to take and pass FEMA’s ICS-100 online training and exam, an approximate 3 hour commitment plus exam.
That is the only bit of information they are releasing at this point, so for boys able to jump online and complete this by this coming Thursday, they might be able to leave WashJam as some of the first scouts to earn this Merit badge.
If you get the requirements could you send them to me? I am so patiently waiting to see them. I am an active SAR member (for 24 Years) and scout leader and cannot wait to start teaching it. The requirements should be released to everyone at the same time.
From what I understand, the council here had to make special arrangements with national in order to offer this mb here at the jamboree — looks to be a good one too.