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Hi, this is John Stewart, and this is how to select an area for building a fire. When
you build a fire, you want to build it on flat ground. This is so you have the nice
stable area to set your fire up, and build the fire ring around it. You don't want to
put it on a hill. In that case, you might have logs that are burning; they might take
off down the hill, and escape, so you want to make sure you have a flat, stable surface
to build your fire around. You want to make sure that you build your fire near a water
source. This is key in case you have a accident where the fire gets out. But most importantly,
so that you have water to actually put the fire out once you're done using it. So make
sure you're near water, to where you can transport the water to the fire. Thirdly, you want to
look for a open area in the trees. This is key, so that when the smoke from the fire
rises, it has a place to escape. If you have an real high vegetation area in the trees,
to where the smoke can't build escape, the smoke will build up all on your campsite,
and it will just be miserable for you and your other campers; having to breathe smoke
and all that. So make sure you have an open area in the trees so that the smoke can escape.
Lastly, try and build your fire off the beaten path. This is so that you don't have it near
paths of animals, other campers, because animals and stuff like that will be naturally drawn
to your fire, and so you want to be off the beaten path from them. So look for animal
tracks, and make sure you put it away from them. And this is how you select an area for
building a fire.