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The New Generation Fire Shelter

Deployment (continued)

Figure 8—Do not deploy in or next to tall or thick grass, small trees,
trees with low branches, brush, piles of slash, or firefighting equipment
such as packs, parachutes, tools, or chain saws. Firefighters have
been burned because they deployed too close to such fuels.

Large rockslides can be effective deployment sites, but you must
stay away from brush and trees, and from fuels scattered in the rocks.
Even though it can be difficult to seal the edges of the shelter in large,
jumbled rocks, rockslides sometimes offer the largest area free of
fuels and may be the best option for deployment.

Figure 9—Ground fuels, such as grass or tree litter, can ignite rapidly.
Clear the deployment site to mineral soil if at all possible.
If time is critical, pick a site with the sparsest fuels.

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