Friend - First Achievement Class - SDA General Conference Youth ...

7. Light a fire. Build a safe fire. Have enough wood on hand to keep it going allnight if required. During the day, once the fire is established, add greenleaves to create smoke. Send your own smoke signals. At night keep the fireburning bright, it will create warmth and also the glow will attract attention.Keep an eye on your fuel, you may need it later.8. Give out distress signals. The following are some search and rescue signals:Distress Signals by Lost Party:Three signals together, regularly spaced.Searchers Looking for Lost Party:One signal at irregular intervals.Acknowledgment of Distress Signal:Searchers will give one signal.Recall Signal:Two signals at short intervals, followed by a minute without, andthen repeated.Form of Signals:These may be given by smoke, i.e. blanketing a smoky fire, orby shouts, shots, whistles, flashing of mirror or torch, or bydistinctive waving of cloth. The chief characteristic of thesesignals is their regularity, and any signal repeated at any regularinterval should be investigated.ResourcesPathfinder Staff Manual; Pathfinder Field Guide; Scout Handbook.Method of TestingParticipation in discussion, and demonstration of your knowledge of the rules. /Learn the signs for track and trail. Be able to lay a 2km trail that others canfollow and be able to track a 2km (1.25 mile) trail.ObjectiveTo develop a concept of safety and ability of observation in the pleasurable activityof walking.Teaching MethodThis activity will be done on a camp out. Tracking is a test of observation. An adultshould supervise the laying of a trail in rolling country with shrubs and trees, ifpossible. Several different signs may be used, such as a wood arrow, the threerocks, broken twig, or small pieces of string tied to branches. When the trail is laidthe juniors are given a demonstration of the signs used. Then at five minute intervalsthey are timed and started on the trail in pairs. Someone should be assigned tocheck them in at the end of the trail, getting names and times.