eagle scouts

[ninjavanish]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Does it count if I was the Scoutmaster for over a dozen guys that made Eagle? Plus sat on probably 3 dozen District Level Eagle Boards of Review? I'm proud to say that none of the Eagles were given, they were all EARNED by the ones that received them. I tried to give back to the program to make up for my troop folding for lack of adult leadership when I was a youth in the program.

NinjaVanish is an Eagle Scout, but don't know if he will see the thread.

Congrats to all those here that earned Eagle. I know how much time and commitment is required, especially during the middle teen years when there are so many activities pulling at them!!

Yeah, I finally get a second to stop and read some posts...

I am an Eagle Scout.

For my Eagle Project, I set out to color code and paint approximately 250 fire hydrants in and around my hometown (color coded so the firemen know how many gallons per minute they can pull from the hydrant... handy information to have) Not only that but we have to cement new blue reflectors in the road where hydrants were loacted so firemen could find them easier.

Turned out to be more like 400-450 hydrants... many of which had not been painted in over a decade at LEAST... so their color code was RUST.

Learned some little factoids along the way:

1) The cement they use on the blue reflectors will adhere strong enough... that if you put it down wrong and have to pull it up with a claw hammer (which is apparently the firemans preferred tool for this job)... it will probably pull up the asphalt along with the reflector.

2) Oil based paint gets on everything. And is impossible to completely clean off of a black plastic pick up truck bedliner.

3) In my home town:
Red Cap Hydrant = 0-499 gpm (The one closest to my house was red)
Orange Cap Hydrant = 500-999 gpm
Green Cap Hydrant = 1000-1499 gpm
Blue Cap Hydrant = 1500+ gpm

4) Scottboro, Alabama is apparently the Fire Hydrant Manufacturing capitol of the US.