How to Avoid Being Burned By a Campfire: Camping Safety

Series Summary

Roughing it in the great outdoors is one of the those activities that awakens something deep inside of us, reminding us of the relationship between man and Earth, reminding us to look at the greatness, the intricacy of the world around us. Many people in the post-industrial world are surrounded by the infrastructure of the city and must drive 30 miles out of town to find someplace semi-deserted and free from the concrete of man's influence. Yet, even then some people even prefer to bring the city with them, only semi-roughing it with electricity, television, and air conditioning.

Whatever your preference, if you're camping outdoors, you'll probably need to know how to make a campfire at some point. The ability to make fire is and essential survival skill. Fire is an important tool to have for cooking food and purifying water, for warmth and light, and for protection from wild animals at night. In this free video series you'll learn tips on basic campfire safety. Our expert will show you how to choose the right area in your campsite for the fire, how to safely maintain your fire with the right types of wood, and how to properly put out the fire when you are ready to break camp and move on.

This series is an Equilibrio Films production.

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Dan and I’m here with Expert Village. Right now we’re going to talk about how to avoid getting burned by your campfire. There’s a few pieces of safety equipment you can bring. Leather gloves don’t burn very well so you can use them to manipulate your fire. Also, wearing cotton or wool clothing, which doesn’t burn as easily as synthetics. You want to make sure that the area around your fire ring is clear so you can travel around as the wind travels with you. You also want to know what kind of wood you’re using. As some woods seem tend to pop and throw a lot of sparks in burning embers. Another important item to have is plenty of water in case you or the ground caches fire. Those are some of the basics of not getting burned"