Fire pit instructions for guests (template)

Before you light a fire

• Please check for a fire ban or restrictions first: [Website, phone line or sign location].
• Please don't light a fire on windy days or when sparks could blow toward trees or buildings.
• Fill the water bucket at [Tap location] and keep it beside the pit. The hose is at [Hose location].

Lighting the fire

• Use only the fire pit at [Fire pit location].
• Start with paper or a fire starter, then kindling, then a few small logs from [Firewood location].
• Please never use gasoline, lighter fluid or other liquids to start or boost the fire.
• Keep the fire small, about [knee height / the size of the pit], and keep chairs back from the ring.

While it's burning

• Please keep an adult at the fire the whole time it's lit.
• Keep children and pets back from the ring, and roast marshmallows with long sticks: [Location of sticks].
• Please don't burn trash, cardboard, plastic, pallets or treated wood.

Putting it out

• Let the fire burn down, then pour water slowly over all of it.
• Stir the ashes with [Shovel or stick], add more water, and repeat.
• Hold your hand near the ashes. If you can feel any heat, it isn't out yet.
• Please put the fire out completely before you go to bed or leave the area.

If something goes wrong

• A fire spreads outside the pit: get everyone away and call [Local emergency number]. Give this address: [Address].
• Burns: cool with cool running water for at least 20 minutes. First aid kit: [Location].
• Questions: text [Host name] at [Host phone].