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EMERGENCY SERVICE
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National Director, Exploring Service!
A tornado slashed at Perry ton, Texas, at 8:21
p.m. on May 4, 1950, killing one person, in-
juring 13, and destroying 35 homes. At 8:45 p.m.
15 Explorers of Post 55, trained in Emergency Ser-
vice and led by Advisor Troy Sullivan, reported
for duty in uniform, with emergency rations and
sleeping gear.
In 10 minutes they set up road blocks and started
guarding the stricken area. At 2:30 a.m. Texas
Highway patrolmen relieved the Explorers. Three
hours later Post 55 returned to duty, augmented
at 7:30 a.m. by 15 Explorers and two leaders from
Borger, Texas. They worked 18 hours without rest.
The Highway Patrol and Red Cross say the Ex-
plorers prevented looting and public interference
with relief work, and helped clean up the area.
Two weeks earlier Post 55, had put road blocks
around a spectacular grain elevator fire. They were
praised by fire fighters of five communities.
The Post, trained and equipped for Emergency
Service, holds a surprise mobilization each month.
Perryton Explorers are prepared! They have a
head start in responding to the President's message
to Congress, and the Chief Scout Executive's bulle-
tin on Civil Defense.
Are you prepared to meet an emergency? How
fast could you mobilize your Explorers to help out
in your community? How well prepared are they to
help their mother and dad, their brothers and sis-
ters, should disaster strike their home?
All Explorers are Emergency Service Partici-
pants and wear the "B.S.A." arm band shown
above when serving in an emergency. Only those
who have completed the prescribed training are
Emergency Service Explorers, and may wear the
badge on the right uniform sleeve, and on the arm
band (see above.)
Unless you and your Explorers set up and use
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your own mobilization plan for training and ser-
vice projects, you'll not be ready to serve when
needed most.
Emergency Service Training aims to:
1. Teach Explorers and leaders by experience the
skills most important if they should be called to
serve in an emergency.
2. Give them a wide variety of training in self-
reliance and personal discipline.
3. Teach methods of teaching these same skills
to Scouts in Troops and Patrols.
Those skills which we have learned through ex-
perience to be the ones most needed, and some
ways of developing them are:
1. Strength and Agility — by rope climbing, chin-
ning bar, push-ups from floor, vertical jump and
fence vault, canoe trip, long distance swimming,
hiking, cycling, mountain climbing and other
rugged outdoor adventures.
2. Distance Walking — by hiking 10 to 20 miles
with 25-pound pack (depending upon size of the
Explorer). Evacuation in the case of a major disas-
ter will call for knowledge of such things as
(a) getting along on minimum amount of water;
(b) care of foot blisters; (c) foot hygiene.
3. Axemanship — by knowing the care, safety
and use of belt and long-handled axes, and first aid
for axe cuts. Removing blow-downs and other
debris from highways will call for good axeman-
ship.
4. Speed Rope Work — by knowing how to whip
a rope; how to tie rapidly in daylight or dark and
to use the bowline, clove hitch, two half hitches,
timber hitch, tautline hitch and square knot; how
to coil and heave a line; and first-aid for rope burn
and how to remove slivers.
5. Stalking — by crawling, creeping, walking
unobserved, forward and backward movement in-
cluded. This helps develop personal discipline and
observation.
6. Aquatic Ability — by boat and canoe han-
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