Boy Scout Advancement News
- Cooking requirements modified due to fire bans. Fire bans, some lasting as long as six months or more in a significant portion of the country, have prevented many Scouts from completing Tenderfoot requirement 3 and Second Class requirements 2e, 2f, and, in particular, 2g (which calls for cooking a meal "over an open fire"). Because of this, a substitution has been approved by the National Advancement Committee allowing Scouts to use a cookstove, charcoal, or, when no outdoor cooking is allowed, a kitchen stove.
The substitutions are allowed only during periods of fire bans as issued by appropriate authorities.
