Prevention
How you can help to
prevent wildfires
1. Spread a Word
2. Keep up the political pressure
3. Transform your transport
4. Rein in your power use
5. Tweak your diet
6. Shop local an buy sustainable
7. Don't waste food
8. Dress smart
9. Plant Trees
10. Planet-friendly investments
A solar cooker is a device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurise drink and other food materials. Many solar cookers currently in use are relatively inexpensive, low-tech devices, although some are as powerful or as expensive as traditional stoves, and advanced, large scale solar cookers can cook for hundreds of people. Because they use no fuel and cost nothing to operate, many nonprofit organizations are promoting their use worldwide in order to help reduce fuel costs and air pollution, and to help slow down deforestation and desertification.
1. Never allow children to handle fireworks.
2. Never use fireworks while impaired by drugs or alcohol.
3. Wear protective eyewear.
4. Never hold lighted fireworks in your hands.
5. One device at a time + safe distance after lighting.
6. Never ignite devices in a container.
7. Do not try to re-light or handle malfunctioning fireworks.
8. Soak spent fireworks in water before discarding.
9. Keep a bucket of water nearby.
10. Never use illegal fireworks.
1. Keep waste covered and dry until it is ready to be burned.
2. Take into account wind direction and speed before lighting the burn.
3. Do not burn furniture, electronics, batteries, fluorescent tubes, polluted soil, household hazardous waste, household chemicals, or other hazardous materials.
4. Do not allow the fire to smolder or to generate black smoke as both conditions are a violation of the ADEC Air Quality regulations.
5. Cover ash with gravel or soil between burns to reduce blowing ash.
Make a fire safe zone around your house. Clean flammable vegetation and debris from at least 30 feet around the house and any outbuildings. Regularly remove leaves and needles from gutters. Stay with outside fires until they are completely safe and dead out. Dispose of wood ashes in a metal bucket, soaking them with water before dumping them.
A campfire creates cozy camp vibes to your site, and it also provides a lot of natural light when the sun goes down. To make sure you don’t spend your camping getaway tripping over random logs and duffle bags, here are some other ways to light up your spot in the woods. How can I check if fire bans are in effect? What can I use for light instead of a campfire? What can I use to cook food? How can I stay warm without a campfire?
