SUMMER RECREATION

&

CAMPING 

1. National Fire Protection Association Summer Safety Fact Sheet, Quincy, MA, 2001

2. National Fire Data Center 0-USFA - "Fireworks and Barbecues Makes July a Dangerous Month" Press Release June 21, 2000

3. Unites States Fire Administration - "During or after a Disaster Summer Storms Fire Safety Facts Sheets", September 8, 1998. 

Safety First:

The first step to ensuring a safer outdoor environment is to enhance our awareness of the risks and to discover and correct potential burn and fire hazards that can turn a summer vacation into sorrow.

Camping plays an important role for people who enjoy outdoor activities. The warm weather encourages more outdoor cooking and with young children playing around campfires, they become more vulnerable to burn injuries. Our bright summer days may put smiles on our faces, but these smiles can turn to frowns when a young child get sunburn from not being properly protected from the sun.

The Nature and Characteristics of Burns

A burn is damage to the skin and underlying tissue caused by heat, chemicals or electricity - a very simplistic definition for a very complex injury. Burns damage or destroy one or more layers of the skin. Deeper burns may involve the fat, muscle or bone.