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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
a) Make sure no branches orother items are over the
campfire area. You shouldsee the blue sky when youlook up.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
b) Clear a 6 foot circle-shaped area on solid earth
Scrape all the ground cover; such as moss, leaves,
and wood debris
Watch for roots so the fire will not spread
through roots and break out elsewhere.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
c) Surround the outside edgeof the fire area with rock,
dirt, or fire ring.Do not use river rocks for the fire ring!
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
d) Use only dead or downtrees. Do not cut green
trees for a fire.Use firewood that will not throw sparks!
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
e) Build the campfire only aslarge as is needed.
f) Have a shovel, bucket ofwater; and bucket of sandnear the campfire area.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
g) Do not build a campfire ona windy day.
h) Do not leave a campfireunattended.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Campfire
i) Always put the campfireout completely.
j) Always leave the sitecleaner than you found it.Replace the ground cover if an area was cleared
for the campfire.
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain the use of campsite fire-fighting
equipment.a) Bucket of Water: Use a five-gallon
bucket. It can be used to douse afire
that has gone outside of the firering. It can be used to extinguish acampfire using the "sprinkle, stir;
sprinkle" method.
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain the use of campsite fire-fighting
equipment.b) Bucket of Sand: Use a five-gallon
bucket. It can be used to smother a
fire by removing the source ofoxygen.
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain the use of campsite fire-fighting
equipment.c) Shovel: It can be used to shovel sand
onto a fire or to dig a trench around
a campfire to keep it from spreading.
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Camp Fire TypesExplain 6 different campfires and their purposes.
a) A-Frame: This is an easy fire tobuild and start, especially if it isbreezy.
b) Tepee: This is an easy fire to buildand start.
c) Hunter's: This is the best fire to
cook over
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Camp Fire TypesExplain 6 different campfires and their purposes.
d) Trench: This fire provides heat or astove for cooking in breezyconditions.
e) Imu (bean hole): This fire provides along steady heat for items needingto cook more than an hour.
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Camp Fire TypesExplain 6 different campfires and their purposes.
f) Council: This fire provides long-termheat, a lasting bed of coals, and ismost often used during outdoor
ceremonies or settings.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
a) Read and follow theinstructions that come
with the stove and propanecylinder.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
b) Do not use the stove inunventilated areas, such as
tents.c) Stoves are for cooking
only.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
d) Never alter a stove in anyway.
e) Never use a stove as aheater; and never leave itunattended while it is in
use.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
f) When operating the stove,keep it away from all
Flammable objects, suchas tents or clothing.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
g) Never install or remove apropane cylinder while the
stove is lit, when it is nearaflame, when the pilotlights are lit, or while the
stove is hot to touch.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
h) Never store propane nearflames, other ignition
sources, or wheretemperatures exceed 120degrees Fahrenheit.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
i) Keep all connections andfittings clean.
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Camp Fire SafetySafety Rules for a Propane Stove
j) If you smell propane, turn offthe stove and remove the
cylinder when it is safe. Resealthe tank to the stove andcheck it for leaks before
relighting the stove.
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain Fire-Fighting Procedures for:
a) Home: Remember the three parts of afire. Remove the heat, remove theoxygen, or remove the fuel from the
fire. Never attempt to fight a fireyourself
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain Fire-Fighting Procedures for:
b) Woods: Use water, sand, and a shovelto contain the fire within the fire pit.If the fire has spread, immediately call
911 and move upwind from the fire.Fires can grow very fast, and thosedownwind and uphill from the fire are
in grave danger.
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Camp Fire SafetyExplain Fire-Fighting Procedures for:
c) Open Field: Attempt to contain thefire as above. If the fire has spread,call 911 and immediately move far away
upwind from the fire. Fires in opengrassy areas are very unpredictableand dangerous; moving a few feet
upwind is not enough.
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Camp Fire SafetyDifferent Forms of Tinder:
a) peelings of cedar or birchb) shavings of softwoods
c) pine splintersd) dead twigs the size of a match
e) dead grass
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Camp Fire SafetyDifferent Forms of Tinder:
f) pine needles; pineconesg) any dead, dry, fuzzy-type
vegetation; a fuzz stick
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Camp Fire SafetyList Five Chemicals for Coloring Flames:
a) Sodium Chloride (table salt): Thismakes a yellow flame.
b) Sodium Borate (borax): This makesa yellow-green flame.
c) Calcium Chloride: This makes an
orange flame.
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Camp Fire SafetyList Five Chemicals for Coloring Flames:
d) Potassium Nitrate: This makes aviolet flame.
e) Boric Acid: This makes a redflame.