Life Safety Park offers courses that cover frequently requested boy and girl scout requirements. Classes will be approximately one hour to an hour and a half in length, offered free of charge, and a minimum of five scouts must attend the course.
Offered Courses
- Fire Safety: Smoke Alarms; Exit Plans; Calling 9-1-1; Learn about firefighters as community helpers. Basic fire extinguisher operation can be requested for older scouts.
- Minimum Attendance: 5
- Best for scouts in elementary school, or for mixed groups
- First Aid: Treatment and handling of minor cuts, bruises, burns, stings, and other wounds; splinting; bleed control. If time remains and scouts are age-appropriate, lesson may also include basic CPR-AED use.
- Minimum Attendance: 5
- Best for scouts in middle school
- CPR-AED: CPR basics for infants, children, and adults; AED operation and use; how to handle sudden cardiac arrest or choking victims.
- Minimum Attendance: 5 Max Attendance: 30
- Best for scouts in middle or high school
- Emergency Preparedness: In regards to severe weather threats in North Texas; difference between a 'watch' and a 'warning;' emergency supply kits; forms of emergency communication.
- Minimum Attendance: 5
- Best for scouts in middle or high school
Note: The above topics are the most frequently requested. If you would like to cover a specific topic, you may specify in the request form. Please note that instructors can only cover ONE topic in the time allotted.
Helpful Resources
If you are a Coppell scouting group interested in requesting a scouting visit, please complete the Scout Safety Training Request Form and a Life Safety Park staff member will follow up with your submission.
