Staying Prepared for Wildfires

If your Colorado vacation winds up involving the unexpected drama of a wildfire, this knowledge and understanding, coupled with prudence, will assist you in being prepared to get out of the path.

Always:

• Provide the office staff with the accurate size of your party, including day visitors. They will need to know who to account for when emergency conditions erupt.
• Know the whereabouts of individuals in your party.
• Make sure campfires are allowed before you light one, even if a fire ring is already in position at the campsite.
• Don’t leave a lit campfire unattended.
• Don’t let the flames dance too high and don’t burn things that create sparks.
• Pull vegetation away from the fire ring before lighting the fire.
• Pay attention to what you see and smell.
• Report conditions you witness that could spark a wildfire (someone carelessly discarding a lit cigarette or creating a campfire when you’ve been told otherwise).
• Keep matches out of the hands of children.
• Be alert to your escape route, understanding that it might not be the way you arrived.

If you’re on an evacuation warning, plan according:

• Locate your car keys, maybe even leaving them in the ignition.
• Charge your mobile devices.

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