When Hurricane Sandy hit the USA many people had to be evacuated from their homes, but the rescue vehicles used by Atlantic County, New Jersey, had a rear deck 62 inches high, making it difficult to get people in and out without any access equipment. Enterprising Scout, Ethan Roswell, of the Galloway Township troop saw the need for some kind of portable ladder to address the situation and drafted in his fellow scouts to help.  Together, Roswell, 18, and his friends spent five months designing, fundraising and building twelve custom-made ladders for each of the rescue trucks. They secured donations of materials, sought approval for their design and even built the ladders themselves, as a way of helping the people displaced by the hurricane, and providing a long-term solution to the problem posed by the very high chassis of the trucks.  The trucks need to be a certain height in order to be effective rescue vehicles in floodwater and other bad weather conditions. The ladders are 60 inches tall and made from wooden stiles with diamond plate aluminium steps, making them lightweight, safe to use and easy to maintain.  Roswell carved one of the twelve laws of scouting into the side of each ladder as a message of support to the community.  The twelve laws of scouting are trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. Roswell’s major role in this project has earned him a board of review for the Eagle Scouts, something which he has been aiming for during his scouting career.  He wants to join the Navy after he graduates and is currently training as a volunteer firefighter.  This is one young man to watch!