The document provides safety tips for camping during severe weather. It advises campers to seek shelter indoors or in vehicles during thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flooding. It also recommends always staying with a buddy, notifying adults if leaving the group, and carrying a whistle in case you get lost. If lost, it instructs stopping in place and watching for searchers rather than wandering in an attempt to self-rescue.

1. Severe Weather on Campout

2. Severe Rain/Flooding

3. Severe Rain/Flooding
• Never camp on low ground next to streams
when rain is expected
• If flooding occurs go to high ground
• Stay away from streams, ditches, flooded
areas
• Adults should never drive thru flooded waters

4. Severe Thunderstorm/Lightning

5. Severe Thunderstorm/Lightning
• Lightning can strike 10 miles from storm
• Take shelter in a building or vehicle as soon as
you hear thunder
• Make sure you’re not the highest object
• Avoid water, open areas, isolated trees, picnic
shelters or metal objects
• If you’re caught in an open field spread out
100 feet apart and crouch down (like leapfrog)

6. Tornadoes

7. Tornadoes
• Get indoors to a closet or interior wall
• If you’re stuck outside get in a ditch or lay as
flat as possible

8. Fires, Earthquake…
Follow Den Leader Instructions

9. Staying Found
• Anyone can get lost! Let’s stay found!
• Always stay with a buddy
• Let an adult know if you and your buddy need
to leave the group/camping area
• Carry a whistle – 3 quick blows is the general
distress call

10. If you think you are lost
• STOP
• Stay where you are.
• How can you help others who are looking for
you?
• Watch for searchers looking for you
• Plan how to stay dry and warm till you are
found.