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In the summer, it can be a lot of fun spending time outside and making campfires with friends and family. However, it can also be dangerous if you aren’t aware of proper safety techniques.<\/p>\nIn the summer, it can be a lot of fun spending time outside and making campfires with friends and family. However, it can also be dangerous if you aren’t aware of proper safety techniques.<\/p>\n
Smokey the Bear is here to help keep you and your family informed on the best practices while making a fire. On the Prevention How-Tos<\/a> section of Smokey’s website, you can find tips on how to pick a good spot, how to build a fire pit, how to build and maintain\u00a0your fire and how to extinguish it when you are done. There are also other bits of useful advice about burning debris, maintaining equipment to reduce wildfire risk and things to consider while indoors.<\/p>\n Take a look at Smokey’s website<\/a> to make sure you are enjoying summer campfires safely!<\/p>\n Resources<\/b> Smokey the Bear<\/a>: Ad Council<\/a>, National Association of State Foresters<\/a>, USDA-U.S. Forest Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the summer, it can be a lot of fun spending time outside and making campfires with friends and family. However, it can also be dangerous if you aren’t aware of proper safety techniques. Smokey the Bear is here to help keep you and your family informed on the best practices while making a fire. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,52],"tags":[62,70],"class_list":["post-4750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gotnatureforkids","category-safety","tag-got-nature-for-kids","tag-safety","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 08:46:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33883,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions\/33883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFire Prevention<\/a>, Purdue Fire Department
\nSmokey Bear<\/a>, National Association of State Foresters
\nWildfire Prevention<\/a>, National Association of State Foresters
\nWildfire Safety Outreach Materials<\/a>, United States Fire Administration
\nLet’s Have Fun with Fire Safety<\/a>, United States Fire Administration<\/p>\n