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The New Generation Fire Shelter

Deployment (continued)

Pull either red ring on the plastic bag down to the bottom and up the other side (figure 18). Remove the shelter.

Figure 18—Pull either red ring to remove the plastic bag.

Pick your deployment site. The lowest depression on the site is best. It should be as free of fuels as possible. Grasp the shake handles that extend from the folded shelter. The handles are marked, RIGHT HAND in red and LEFT HAND in black (figure 19). When you have the shake handles in the proper hands, the shelter will unfold with the opening toward your body. Grasping the wrong handles will not prevent you from entering the shelter, but it may slow your deployment by 1 to 2 seconds.

Shake out the shelter (figure 20).

Figure 19—Grasping the correct shake handles
will speed your deployment.

Figure 20—Holding the shake handles, shake out your shelter.

Lie face down so your feet are toward the oncoming flames. The hottest part of the shelter will be the side closest to the advancing fire. Keep your head and airway away from these high temperatures (figure 21).

Figure 21—Lie face down with your feet toward the oncoming flames.

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