Fire Safety Merit Badge Event

Presented by:

Cottage Grove Fire Department

Date:

Session 1: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025

Session 2: Saturday, October 11th, 2025

Time:

9 AM - 2 PM 

Cost:

Merit Badge participants: $10

All merit badge participants must be pre-registered due to limited space.

Adult chaperons may attend at no-cost.  

Location:

Cottage Grove Fire Department

8641 80th St S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016

Additional Information:

- Participating Scouts should wear their field uniforms ("Class A" uniforms) to the event.

-  As a Scouting activity, all participants are required to fill out Part A and B of the Annual Health and Medical Record.  

- Each youth needs to bring a pre-filled merit badge card and it is recommended to have a copy of the Fire Safety Merit Badge workbook

- All Scouts taking the Merit Badge are strongly encouraged to read the Fire Safety Merit Badge book prior to the event.

- All Scouts will need to complete Requirement 6.A prior to the event, and bring a copy of your completed home safety plan for review at the event.

- Scouts should print out and review the Fire Escape Plan and Safe Haven Checklist documents available through the registration page, and bring them to the event. Scouts should be prepared to discuss the documents and will not have time at the event itself to complete them.

- Please note there is a limit of 24 Scouts for this event.  A waitlist will be used once the limit of Scouts is reached.  If you are registered and cancel your registration by Sunday, September 22nd at 11:59 PM we will reimburse you if someone is able to fill your canceled registration.

- Lunch will not be provided at the event. Scouts attending will need to bring their own bag lunch.

- Scouts attending without a unit should have an adult chaperon on-site.  Units participating in the event should provide adult supervision in line with Youth Protection guidelines.