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The New Generation Fire Shelter

Deployment (continued)

Figure 5—Try to pick natural firebreaks such as wet
meadows, wide streambeds, swampy areas, and rockslides.

Figure 6—Flat areas on slopes, such as benches or road cuts,
offer some protection from radiant and convective heat. These level
areas can keep you below the path of flame and convective heat. Don’t
deploy in the middle of a road if vehicles may be passing. A drainage
ditch on the uphill side of a road cut can be an effective deployment
site unless it contains fuels that could ignite and burn the shelter.

Four firefighters deployed their fire shelters on this road during a
burnover. All four survived with only minor burns.

Figure 7—Stay out of draws, even when deploying on a road.

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