Log a fire
Place, date, troop, and the people around it. Save the moment in less than the time it takes the kettle to boil.
A worldwide chain since 1907
Keep the chain unbroken.
Scout Ashes helps Scouts record, trace, and pass the campfire ash tradition from one fire to the next, turning fragile handwritten lineages into a living global history.
3,418 fires · 587 troops · app coming 2026
Robert Baden-Powell and the first Scout at the first Scout encampment, August 1907, Brownsea Island, England.
1907
The original campfire
3,418
Fires connected
587
Troops in the chain
1,902
Places fires have burned
94
Countries reached
1
Unbroken flame
What it does
Small app. Long memory.
The ceremony stays around the fire. Scout Ashes keeps the record that travels with it, even when the paper list, phone signal, or people around the next fire change.
Read the lineage
Walk your fire's chain back through every camp, jamboree, and back garden. All the way to its recorded origin.
See the map
Every connected fire on one globe. Watch new ones appear the week they burn.
The tradition
Four steps. One unbroken flame.
It's the same ceremony scouts have kept for over a century. Scout Ashes simply remembers it for you, connecting you to scouts past and present.
STEP 1
Collect
Save a measure of ash from your campfire.
STEP 2
Log
Record the fire; the place, date, troop, and the people around it.
STEP 3
Carry
Add that ash to the next fire you light, wherever it is.
STEP 4
Connect
Link your fire to the one you received from. The chain grows and Scouting history is made.
Safe by design
A circle that knows who's in it.
Scouting runs on trust, and so does Scout Ashes. The community itself confirms who belongs, younger scouts are protected by their guardians, locations stay private, and anyone can raise a concern. Parents and leaders can see exactly how we keep scouts safe.
Verified members
Confirmed by the community, not self-declared.
Guardian consent
Younger scouts stay private until a parent approves.
Private locations
Exact fire spots are never shown to outsiders.
Easy to report
Raise a concern anytime, anonymously if you wish.
Famous lineages
Some keepers wrote it all down.
Century-long ash records, preserved fire by fire including the chain whose ashes flew to the Moon on Apollo 15.
Explore the famous lineagesPack 396 (Parker, CO) aka the Apollo 15 chain
1907Brownsea Island · first Scout camp
1971Apollo 15 · Hadley Rille, the Moon
2023Pack 396 · Parker, Colorado