How to Take Fire Safety Precautions While Camping in a Trailer

Summertime, and the camping is easy ... Take the following precautions while camping in a trailer to ensure a safe and fire-free trip.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Buckets
• Fire Extinguishers
• Fire Extinguishers

1. Opt for electric lights in your trailer. Never use candles for lighting your way.

2. Make sure all cooking and heating equipment is in good working condition.

3. Have a couple of fire extinguishers handy in the trailer, and remember to keep them near an exit.

4. Determine an escape route and a fire safety plan with your family.

5. Keep a bucket of water handy for use in putting out all smoking or fire materials, especially before going to bed.

6. Make sure all gas connections and fume vents are properly maintained.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep anything flammable away from fire and heat.
• In the event of a fire, get your family out safely before attempting to put the fire out yourself. If the fire is spreading too quickly, get everyone out and call 911.

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on 7/5/2009 A battery operated smoke detector is a necessity. And trailers can burn in seconds, get the family out first!!

on 11/22/2005 We travel with a battery-operated smoke detector and carbon-monoxide detector. For the last four years, we have traveled in a Coleman pop-up camper and I would hang the detectors each time we set up our camper. Now with our fifth wheel, I do the same thing. The fifth wheel came equipped with both detectors, but I feel safer with the "portable" ones, too.