Dave,

Thank your for your service with BSA!

I have been there with the Webelos on overnight camping with a hike in the morning. It will be great for you to expose them to the idea of being prepared for emergencies. Just don't expect them to carry through with anything you tell them. They normally can't buy many of the things you are talking about, they are little kids.

The best you can hope for is to make them all carry whistles and learn to stop if they are lost and blow the whistle three times. If it is not a snack or soda the boys tend to not carry things.