[MR] Disposal of burning ash

[Karen Summerfelt-Hume]

I can relate to this  100%.  The SCA is seeing more and more people who
don't have the background that many 'oldtimers' or outdoors folk (poor
choice of names for people who do a lot of tent camping, hunting, primitive
outdoor activities like cooking over a fire) have mastered over the years.
We have skills that should be shared.

While we don't need to go overboard on this, the idea of classes or booklets
- especially for camping events - is not a bad idea at all.  Just posting
rules concerning open flames/ground fires should be done and adding a short
'how to' on safely disposing of hot coals or dousing a fire wouldn't hurt
either.  Of course this assumes the individuals would actually read the
information.  For legal issues - every state has a forestry service as part
of their Dept. of Natural resources.  Here's the Maryland Rules for fires in
woodlands and parks areas....the sort of places we use as sites.  it does
not include the individual county or site rules which may be much more
specific. http://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/pdfs/08.07.04.pdf  I'm still
looking for more specific info on fire safety - something simple that
doesn't take long to read.  Maybe there's something in the Scouting
handbooks or a "Smokey the Bear" pamphlet.  Anyone have a source of
something like that so we wouldn't have to write up more pages than
necesary in the event handouts for smaller events.

Teach?  I'd volunteer if a northern class was needed - I'm in Bright Hills,
up near the Atlantia / East Kingdom border.

Chagan

P.S. Just a thought - I'd really hate to see a fire get out of control at an
equestrian activity.....  Should that be considered / included in the info?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Marybeth Lavrakas <katrous at yahoo.com>wrote:

>  'Common sense' implies a unified experience base. Clearly, that's not the
> case. (I knew people in college who had never operated a washing machine or
> a vacuum cleaner before and had no idea what to do, but I digress.) Not
> surprising to me, considering that so many Americans basically live indoors.
> Anyway, it's probably good practice for us to share with our fellow campers
> (or fellow canton members before a camping event) what good/sensible safety
> practices look like. Perhaps a line or two in a site booklet/event page?
>
> Kateryn Rous
>
> PS, I wonder how many of us remember to bring a fire extinguisher to
> camping events other than Pennsic? I know that's a safety item I regularly
> forgot...
>