4. Equipment

(a) Tentage or housing for sleeping quarters should allow each camper not less than 30 square feet of floor space, and free circulation of fresh air at all times. Beds should be at least 2 feet apart, (required for long-term camps and desirable for short-term camps.)

(b) Tentage should be of a size (preferably two to four boy capacity) which can be erected and taken down by Scouts.

(c) Facilities outside of sleeping tents should be provided for preparing and serving meals.

(d) To enable Scouts to cook on a Troop, Patrol or individual basis, cooking gear of a suitable type should be provided. (See Handbook for Scoutmasters)

(e) Personal equipment and clothing should insure adequate protection and full participation in the game of Scouting and be suitable to climatic conditions.

(f) First Aid and Life Saving Equipment should be provided as specified and approved by the Local Council Health and Safety Committee. (See Health end Safety Local Council Manual)

(g) Fire fighting equipment and tools for use in forest fire or other possible fires should be available in or near camp. (See Health and Safety Local Council Manual)

5. Commissary

(a) Ample supply of plain wholesome food, should be provided in a menu which meets the National Basic 7 Standard for daily diet, i.e.:

1. Green and yellow vegetables

2. Oranges, tomatoes, grapefruit

3. Potatoes and other vegetables and fruit

4. Milk and milk products

5. Meat, poultry, fish or eggs

6. Bread, flour and cereals

7. Butter and fortified margarine

(b) Cooking and serving food should be carefully supervised so that food is wholesome and appetizing, and at the same time is not extravagant or wasteful.

(c) A system of serving used which encourages good table manners and sociability.

(d) Cutlery and dishes should be kept clean and free from contamination, by use of steam or water sufficiently hot to disinfect. (Not less than 180 degrees) (Have water boiling if uncertain.) Dish towels should not be used.

(e) Particular care should be taken to insure a clean and sanitary condition of kitchen, store room, dining room, tables and dishes. All should be inspected promptly after each meal. All eating gear should be stored in fly-proof enclosures.

6. Program

(a) A daily and weekly program which will accomplish the specified objectives of the camp should be developed cooperatively between Central Camp Staff and the Troop Leaders.

(b) The program of the Council Camp should place special emphasis on woodcraft, campcraft, aquatics, and physical fitness should be designed to prepare Troops to go camping on their own.

(c) The program should include activities which give individual Scouts an opportunity to learn Scouting Skills which will aid them in advancing in rank.

(d) Patriotic and religious ceremonies should be in harmony with the principles of Scouting.

(e) Campfire and group entertainment programs should permit campers, Patrols and Troops to take an active part.

(f) A reasonable daily schedule should be developed allowing regular hours for meals and rest, and time for other individual and cooperative activities.

(g) Roll call or definite check-up twice daily.

(h) Daily inspection record covering sanitation, sleeping quarters, personal health and .cleanliness, equipment ano grounds.

7. Health, Safety And Sanitation

(a) For long-term camps a medical examination and health history (Form 952), signed by parents and medical doctor is required showing condition of heart, lungs, and general health, and recheck is required by camp medical doctor upon arrival or in the home community the day of departure for camp. (Form 952A to be used for all adults.)

(b) An annual medical examination and health history Form 952, signed by parents and medical doctor showing condition of heart, lungs, and general health in case Scouts are doing any swimming on short-term camp trips is strongly recommended.

(c) Drinking water must be certified to meet requirements of State or County Board of Health.

(d) In either type of camp (long or short-term) drinking and washing water should be provided convenient to each Troop campsite. There should be sanitary dispensing facilities for drinking water.

(e) Opportunity should be given for at least ten hours (taps to reveille) of comfortable rest and sleep each night for all campers.

(f) Provision should be made for some form of hot water bath at least weekly for all campers in long-term camps.

(g) Every precaution should be taken to prevent-ana exclude flies and mosquitoes.

(h) Cans for collecting garbage should be fly-tight and kept scrupulously clean.

(i) For long-term camps, a sanitary latrine, the pit and seat box of which are fly proof, should be provided for each Troop unit. Capacity to be not less than one seat for each fifteen campers. Separate urinals to be provided.

(j) Garbage and trash should be hauled away daily for proper disposal or burned daily.

(k) Tin cans should be reduced to flakes in an incinerator or burned in an open fire. An alternative method is to rinse cans, pound them flat, and bury them or have them hauled away for proper disposal.

NOTE: Certain sizes of cans are usable for tin-can-craft purposes. Such cans should be rinsed thoroughly and stored until used.

(1) A complete record of all accidents requiring first aid or medical care should be kept for each camper, including a report on care given.

NOTE: In cases of injury or illness, where there is any possibility of reaction or suit from parents or Scout, this record should be kept on file for such length of time as State laws governing the filing of such claims require, for your protection. (Consult local attorney re Statute of Limitations.)

(m) There should be confirmed in some written form with the nearest hospitals arrangements for emergency care.

(n) All seats should be removed from canoes and replaced by thwarts. Paas should be provided for paddling in kneeling position.

(o) Boats carrying passengers should not be towed behind motorboats,

(p) All boats used for ferry purposes and boats used for program when under sail or power, must meet the Steamboat Inspection Bureau's requirement of ten cubic feet per person and carry one life preserver of cork or kapok for each person.

(q) Use of canoes, sail and power boats should be restricted to those having had proper instruction and who have passed a prescribed swimming test. Row boats and canoes must provide seven cubic feet of space per person.

(r) An adult swimmer qualified as an instructor holding either a Life Saving Certificate from the American Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., the National Intercollegiate Association, or a certificate from one of the nationally sponsored aquatic schools of the Boy Scouts of America.