Back Country Horsemen Guidebook
19. Precautions With Fire
During the summer and early fall seasons the possibility of wild fire
is high. One should stop in a safe place to smoke rather than smoking
while hiking or riding horseback and make sure that ashes and cigarettes
are dead-out. Thoroughness must be exercised when extinguishing campfires.
Water alone without mixing will produce a crust over the coals and fire
will continue to smolder.
When extinguishing a camp fire, douse with water, mix, re-douse with
water and mix the coals and water thoroughly. Then feel it.
"Cold trail" it by placing back of hand two to three inches above the surface
of the coals.
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