Requirement
1. Hazards and first aid: thirteen conditions, and the gear that answers them
Required Often forgotten
Three parts. The first-aid list is the same thirteen-item list the Wilderness Survival merit badge uses, word for word, and the 2025 requirements book gives six.
Notes and warnings
Warning. A STANDING NOTE ON THIS BADGE, OUTSIDE THE NUMBERED REQUIREMENTS: flying in aircraft as part of a search and rescue mission is NOT PERMITTED for youth members. The Guide to Safe Scouting lists it among activities that are not allowed, and the 2025 requirements book carries the same note in slightly different words. It is not requirement anything, which is exactly why it gets skimmed. This site does not reproduce the Guide to Safe Scouting (it is published, it changes, and reading the current version is the point), but a plan that hid this would be hiding the hardest limit on the badge.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Search and Rescue Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1