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Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Habitat
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 6

Fire Danger Matching

Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Habitat
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 6

Fire Danger Matching

Snapshot of Activity

Play a fire danger level matching game.

Indoor
4
2
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  • Fire Danger Matching Game found in Additional Resources  
  • Printer 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Print and cut out Fire Danger Matching game cards. Mix up the cards in the deck. Save the Answer Sheet portion of the printout as a reference sheet for meeting. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Place the Low, Moderate, High, Very High, and Extremely High cards in order on the table face up. 
  2. Place the remaining cards face down on the table. 
  3. Explain the fire danger rating system using the Fire Danger rating system as a guide. 
  4. Identify which Cub Scout will go first. 
  5. Ask Cub Scout to draw a card from the deck. 
  6. Ask Cub Scout to show and read the card selected. 
  7. Ask Cub Scout to place the card face up on the table in the proper pile. For example, if a bright green square is chosen, this card should go in the Low pile. 
  8. Ask the second Cub Scout to select a card from the deck. 
  9. Ask Cub Scout to show and read the card they select. 
  10. Ask Cub Scout to place the card face up on the table in the appropriate pile. 
  11. Play continues until all the cards have been read and placed in the correct pile. 
  12. Ask Cub Scouts at what fire danger level would a walk not be able to be done safely.  

On the walk: 

  1. Ask Cub Scouts to assess the fire danger rating for their walk. 

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Fire Danger Matching Game

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.