Voice Activated Devices Emergency Services

Before the meeting: 

1. Be familiar with the device you own and how to contact emergency services with it. 
2. The names and phone numbers of five trusted adults.  These trusted adults should have been identified in the Bobcat requirement for the exercises in the pamphlet “How to Protect Your Child from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide”. 

During the meeting 

1. Have your Cub Scout open their Tiger handbook to page 23. 
2. Ask your Cub Scout if they know how to contact emergency services using a smartphone.  
3. Demonstrate, without actually calling 911, your Cub Scout how to access emergency services using the voice-activated device.   
4. Discuss when it is appropriate to call emergency services, 911, and what to expect when they call.
   Police officers, firefighters, and EMTs are busy helping people with real emergencies, it is important never to call 911 except in a real emergency.
   If you need to call 911, remember: 
   • Always know where you are. 
   • Do not hang up! 
   • Answer all the dispatcher’s questions. The dispatcher is the person who answers the phone. 
   • Never be afraid to call if you have a real emergency. They can help you at any time of the day or night. 

5. Ask the following questions and have Cub Scouts raise their hand if they think they should call 911. 
   
   • If you see someone breaking into a car?  (yes) 
   • If your brother or sister breaks your toy? (no) 
   • If you are with a friend and they fall and are bleeding a lot? (yes) 
   • If you fall down and scrap your elbow? (no) 
   • If you see a building on fire? (yes) 
   • If you can’t find your homework? (no) 
   • If you see a car, get into an accident? (yes) 
   • If a stranger approaches you and asks you to get in their car? (yes) 
     
6. Discuss the five trusted adults with your Cub Scout and write their phone numbers on the activity sheet.