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Campsite Fire Safety Check
A free printable campfire safety checklist — the checks made before lighting and before leaving, recorded and signed, with the site's own rules written at the top.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Turn the fire into somebody's named responsibility, with the before-and-after checks recorded — particularly where a group or other people's children are involved.
Who it is for
Scout and youth groups, campsites, festivals, group camps, and anyone responsible for a fire that other people are around.
How to use it
- Check today's restrictions, not last week's. A fire ban can arrive overnight.
- Write the site's own rules at the top and check them every time.
- Name one person as responsible and make sure everybody knows who it is.
- Do not sign the second section until the ashes are cold to the back of your hand.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The checks made before lighting a fire and before leaving it, recorded — for groups, sites and anybody responsible for other people.
The site's rules, checked on the day. No distances, clearances, ground conditions or local rules are printed on this sheet, because they differ by country, by site, by season and by how dry the last fortnight has been. The site owner, the landowner and the local fire service set the rules. Write them at the top and check them every time — a fire ban can arrive overnight.
Write-on lines: Site or location · Date · Group · Person responsible · Fires permitted here? · Rules and restrictions in force today, and where checked
Before lighting
- Permission confirmed for today, not just in general
- Fire ban or restriction checked today
- Wind checked, and it is acceptable for this site
- Ground and surroundings assessed by the responsible person
- Existing fire ring or pit used where one is provided
- Water and a means of smothering to hand before lighting
- Fuel is from a permitted source and stacked away from the fire
- Nothing overhanging that can catch
- Everyone present knows who is responsible
- Escape route from the fire area is clear
Before leaving or sleeping
- Fire allowed to burn down rather than being smothered while hot
- Doused with water, not just soil
- Ashes stirred and doused again
- Ashes cold to the back of the hand
- Surrounding ground checked for embers
- Site left as found and litter removed
Page 2
Write-on lines: Fire out and cold at · Checked by · Signature
Ruled lines: Notes, incidents, and anything the site or landowner asked for
Questions
How far should a fire be from tents?
The sheet prints no distances or clearances, on purpose. They depend on the site, the ground, the season, the wind and how dry the last fortnight has been, and a printed figure would be followed in conditions it was never meant for. The site owner, the landowner and your local fire service set the rules — check them, and write them at the top of the sheet.
Is this an official form?
No. It is a working check record. If your organisation has its own fire procedure, that one governs and this sits alongside it.
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