Search and Rescue Merit Badge
Learn wilderness survival, map navigation with GPS and UTM coordinates, Incident Command System, and conduct practice search operations to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- 1. Field Safety and Self-Care Show or explain first aid for, and prevention of, injuries and conditions that searchers and subjects could develop …
- Staying Found and Getting Found Explain how a trip plan and the buddy system help Scouts with staying found and getting found.
- Reading the Map Like a Searcher Using a map, a compass and a GPS device or app approved by your counselor, do the following:
- How the Command System Works Explain how a local ICS is organized and how it compares with Scouting’s patrol method.
At a glance
- Requirements
- 8
- Category
- Public Service
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- July 29, 2026