The other thing to keep in mind in regards to camp fires, is putting them out with WATER prior to leaving the site.
We were setting up camp at McKillops Bridge 10 years ago, when our daughter, only 14 months old at the time, got severely burnt. She required debridement on the hands, full thickness & partial thickness skin grafts to her hands, and some dressing to her legs. There was talk of amputating a finger at one stage, but luckily that did not have to occur.
We had pulled up at the camp site, which looked like it hadn't been used in ages. She was walking next to what appeared to be an old fire pit, while we were unloading the roof racks. She tripped over, and her hands went through the surface of the top layer of the fire pit, which was when my wife saw sparks fly up, and saw the look on the daughters face.
She ended up requiring the Helimed from the Bush Nurse in Gelantipy, all the way to the Royal Childrens Hospital.
Rather than getting water from the river, the previous campers had just covered the fire pit with dirt / sand. It was cold to touch, but still red hot beneath the surface.
Speaking with the burns surgeons & nurses, they were saying how the Easter break is the worst time of year for camp fire & wood heater burns.
Take care everyone. Look after yourselves, your kids, and your fires.
