Task · part of 2. Family and home safety: three at-home projects among six parts
2(d). Inspect a building for hazards, with an adult, then review it
Required Often forgotten
Using the Home Safety Checklist from the pamphlet or one your counselor approves. Your home or a similar building, with an adult, and then the checklist and the findings reviewed with your counselor.
Notes and warnings
Warning. You do NOT have to buy the pamphlet for this. The requirement says the Home Safety Checklist "in the Safety merit badge pamphlet, OR ONE APPROVED BY YOUR COUNSELOR", and the same alternative appears at 2(f) and 3(b). Better than that: all three checklists are published free by Scouting America and linked from the requirements themselves. They are filed under OTHER badges' resource folders, which is why they are easy to miss: the Home Safety Checklist and the family emergency kit checklist sit under Emergency Preparedness, and the Home Security Checklist under Crime Prevention. Agree with your counselor which one you are using before you start walking round with a clipboard.
Where this step comes from
- Safety Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 2(d) · Requires the inspection to be done with an adult, and the checklist and findings to be reviewed with the counselor. The checklist may come from the pamphlet or be one the counselor approves.