SCOUT - PROFICIENCY BADGES - F's

F1

Family Care
Introduced 1968

a. Circular, embroidered, rolled edge, no words

F1/1

Family Care
Re-designed 2011

a. Circular, woven, bound, no words, 30 mm diameter

F2

Farmer
Introduced 1911

Required: A scout must have a practical knowledge of ploughing, cultivating, drilling, hedging and draining. He must also have a working knowledge of farm machinery, hay-making, reaping, leading, and stacking, and a general acquaintance with the routine seasonal work on a farm, including the care of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs.

a. Circular, felt, no wording, background various colours

b. Circular, felt, "Boy Scouts"

c. Rectangular, ribbon, unbound, "Boy Scouts"

d. Circular, ribbon, bound, "Boy Scouts"

e. Circular, printed, "Boy Scouts"

f. Circular, embroidered, cut edge, "Boy Scouts"

F2/1

Farmer
Re-designed 1961
Discontinued 1968 - see Agriculture A4

a. Circular, embroidered, cut edge, "Boy Scouts"

F3

Fireman
Introduced 1909

Required: A scout must know how to give the alarm to inhabitants, police, etc. How to enter burning buildings. How to prevent the spread of fire. Use of hose, unrolling, joining up, hydrants, use of nozzle, etc. The use of escape, ladders, and shutes; improvising ropes, jumping-sheets, etc. The fireman's lift, how to drag patient, how to work in fumes, etc. The use of fire extinguishers. How to rescue animals. How to save property, climb, and pass buckets. "Scrum" to keep back crowd.

a. Circular, serge cloth, no wording

b. Circular, felt, no wording, background various colours

c. Circular, felt, "Boy Scouts"

d. Rectangular, ribbon, unbound, "Boy Scouts"

e. Circular, ribbon, bound, "Boy Scouts"

f. Circular, printed, "Boy Scouts"

g. Circular, embroidered on twill, stitched border, "Boy Scouts"

h. Circular, embroidered, cut edge, "Boy Scouts", red & yellow flames

F3/1

Fireman
Re-designed 1961
Discontinued 1968

a. Circular, embroidered, cut edge, "Boy Scouts", helmet

F4

First Aid
Introduced 1963

a. Square, embroidered, rolled edge, no words

Multi-staged badge issued with Green, Bronze, Silver and Gold backgrounds according to degree of achievement. First issued with square corners, then with rounded corners.

F4/1

First Aid Achievement Badge
Re-designed 1968

a. Square, embroidered, rolled edge, no words

Multi-staged badge issued with Bronze, Silver and Gold borders according to degree of achievement.

F4/2

First Aid Achievement Badge
Re-designed 1996

a. Square, embroidered, rolled edge, no words

Multi-staged badge issued with Bronze, Silver and Gold borders according to degree of achievement.

F4/3

First Aid
Re-designed 1998

a. Circular, embroidered, rolled edge, no words

F4/4

First Aid
Re-designed 2011

a. Circular, woven, bound, no words, 30 mm diameter, red cross