Personal safety packs must be worn by every child. Every child, when must wear a fanny pack containing:
- Loud emergency whistle
- Light sticks or flashlight with spare batteries
- Space blanket (about the size of a cigarette pack), aside from offering some weather protection it is highly visible
- Water, at least a four ounce bottle
- Laminated instructions, (for prereaders use pictures) with “if you are lost instructions”
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- Do not move from where you are, unless you are in danger
- Use whistle. Realize you may have moved too far for your group for them to immediately hear you. Toot your whistle every 10-15 minutes.
- Do not panic. As searchers expand their search, you will be found.
- Sleep before you are tired. You do not want to be so tired you do not hear searchers. Use space blanket.
- A picture of the family
Go over instructions before you leave home and remind child of the rules once on the trail, with them giving you the answers.
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