Camping safety - fire safety tips

To ensure your camping holiday goes smoothly, especially if it's your first time in a tent, please be aware of the key fire safety issues:

Allow at least 6m spacing between tents and caravans
Never use fuel-burning devices (e.g. disposable barbecues, camping stoves, camping heaters, lanterns, and charcoal grills) inside a tent. See below for more information about Carbon Monoxide awareness
Never use candles in or near a tent - torches are much safer
Flammable liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders should be kept outside the tent
Oil burning appliances are not recommended
Cooking appliances should never be used in small tents
Never light a candle or have any other kind of flame burning apparatus in or near to a tent
Cook outside and away from the tent
Don't smoke inside the tent and keep any flammable material away from the cooking area
Have an escape plan

Be carbon monoxide aware

Never use fuel-burning devices (e.g. disposable barbecues, camping stoves, camping heaters, lanterns, and charcoal grills) inside a tent.

Using these indoors can cause Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning.

They give off fumes for hours and hours after you have used them - levels high enough to result in CO poisoning.

To avoid hazardous CO exposures, fuel-burning equipment should never be used inside a tent, camper, or other enclosed shelter.

Fuel-burning equipment can include: