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Ka mau i roto i te ahi mohoao i te wa e hīkoi ana, e hīkoi ana rānei

He rereke nga nama ohorere i ia whenua. Ka whakamahia e tenei wharangi te 911, te nama mo te United States me Canada. He maha nga whenua e whakamahi ana i te 112, 999, tetahi atu nama ranei. Kimihia te nama mo to whenua.

Ko te kite i te pupuhi auahi o te pyrocumulus, te hongi i nga ngira paina e wera ana, te rongo ranei i te haruru o te tereina waka o te ahi karauna e anga ana ki runga i te awaawa i a koe e maero mai ana i te huarahi ara he ohorere ora-mate ranei kei tuawhenua. Ko nga ahi mohoao e peia ana e nga hau canyon me te topography teitei ka haere i te 10 ki te 25 kiromita ia haora (6 ki te 15 maero ia haora) na roto i te ngahere me te eke ki te 35 kiromita ia haora (22 maero ia haora) puta noa i te tarutaru maroke, he tere rawa atu i te tangata ka oma me te kore putea ranei. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e mate haere ana na te mea e mataku ana te tangata me te ngana ki te omaoma i mua i te mura o te ahi, ka mau tonu ranei ki roto i nga "tumere" whaiti ka eke nga hau wera nui ki te 800 nga nekehanga Celsius (1,472 nga nekehanga Fahrenheit). Kia ora mai i te kare ahi o te tuawhenua me panui tonu te ahupūngao o te hau me te titahatanga, te neke whakamuri (e tika ana ki te ara o te ahi) me te heke ki raro, ka werohia ma te taha iti te kaha ki te rohe haumaru "Pango" kua wera, ka rukuhia nga kakahu rewa, me te whakarite i tetahi waahi whakaruruhau ohotata ki te wera-wera i te toka papaku, wai kohuke ranei.

Mahia tenei inaianei

  1. Whakahohehia to ramarama SOS amiorangi ka waea atu ki nga ratonga whawhati tata me o taunga GPS tika. Pēhia te paatene SOS ki to Garmin inReach, Zoleo, ACR Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), Apple Emergency SOS ranei ma te Satellite, ka waea atu ki to rohe. tau ohorere (911 i te United States me Canada, 112 puta noa i te Kotahitanga o Europi, 999 i te United Kingdom, 000 i Ahitereiria). Korero atu ki te tuku i to ahopae/roa, teitei, ingoa ara, te rahi o te roopu, me te ahunga e neke ana koe kia mohio ai nga waka rererangi kaipatu ahi me nga kaihopu helitack kei runga te tangata i tera wahanga.
  2. KAUA rawa e ngana ki te oma atu i te ahi mohoao ki runga, ki runga ranei i te awa kuiti o te awaawa. Ka oma te ahi ki runga ki runga ki te 16 nga wa tere ake i te heke ki raro na te mea ka wera te wera convective i mua i te wera me te whakamaroke i nga otaota kei runga ake, a ko nga awaawa whaiti ahua V, nga awaawa, me nga tuurere hei tumere. Nekehia whakahekea me te taha taha (i te koki 90-tohu puta noa i te hau) mai i te "Upoko" (te taha matua) o te ahi.
  3. He upoko mo te "Te Pango" (he whenua kua wera kee) mena ka uru. I roto i nga mahi patu ahi mohoao (United States Forest Service me te kaupapa NWCG), ko te waahi haumaru i runga i te ahi ahi kei roto "Te Pango" no te mea kua wera katoa nga tarutaru me te paraihe mata, e kore e taea e te ahi te wera i taua whenua mo te wa tuarua. Mena kei te tata koe ki te taha hauhautanga o muri, ki te taha iti ranei o te ahi kei raro iho i te 0.6 ki te 0.9 mita (2 ki te 3 putu) te teitei, rere ki roto i te taha angiangi o te mura ki roto i te rohe pungarehu pango kua whakamatao ka neke atu i nga mahanga mate.
  4. Tukuhia to peketua taumaha ka wetekina nga paparanga o waho o te polyester, nylon, me te huruhuru huruhuru ki te tata te mahanga. Mena me omaoma koe mo to oranga, ka ora ranei koe i te wera o te wera, tuku tonu to peke taumaha (pupuri noa o ipu wai, peerangi SOS, paparanga wūru/karau, me te kohua whakarewa). Ko te polypropylene, te huruhuru polyester, me nga anga nylon ultralight ** ka rewa ki te 160 ki te 250 nga nekehanga Celsius (320 ki te 480 nga nekehanga Fahrenheit)** mai i te wera marama anake, ka hono ki te wera reo-toru-toru ahakoa kaore he mura e pa ki a koe. Mau 100% huruhuru, 100% miro (denim), hiako ranei.
  5. Kimihia he Rohe Whakaoranga Ora-kore he wahie (he toka, he papa kirikiri, he kirikiri, he wiwi ranei) mena ka kore koe e mawhiti. Mena ka tapahia e te ahi nga huarahi mawhiti katoa, neke tonu ki te waahi nui rawa atu me te kore, iti rawa ranei nga otaota ka taea te tahuna: he papa toka toka nui, he pari titahatanga ranei, he huarahi paru whanui, he awaawa kirikiri, he awa makuku ranei. Horoia nga ngira maroke katoa, rau, ka parai ki raro ki te ** oneone kohuke** i roto i te 3-ki-6-mita (10-ki-20-waewae) radius huri noa i a koe.
  6. ** Takoto whakararo ki raro me to ihu me to waha ka pehia ki te paru makuku, ki te kakahu miro/wuru makuku ranei ka pahemo te mura o mua.** Kaua rawa e tu ki runga, e oma ranei i te wa e pahemo ana te mura o mua me te ngaru auahi tino wera i runga i to papaahitanga: kotahi te manawa o te hau wera i te taumata o te kanohi (300+ nekehanga Celsius / 572+ nga nekehanga Fahrenheit i roto i nga meneti Fahrenheit) Takoto rawa ki runga i te paru kau (ka rukuhia ranei ki tou kaki i roto i te awa matao, whanui me te koti wūru makuku/ miroata ki runga i to mahunga), keria he awa iti mo to kanohi ki te manawa i te paparanga rangi 15-henimita (6-inihi) matao i te taha o te oneone, ka noho ki raro kia pahemo te ngaru wera matua.
flowchart TD
    A["Tirohia te auahi ahi mohoao, te mura, te ua ember ranei i a koe e haere ana"] --> B["Tikina Satellite SOS / Waea 911-112-999-000 me nga taunga GPS tika me te ahunga o te haerenga"]
    B --> C{"Te Aromatawai Turanga Ahi, Te Aranga Hau, me te Topography"}
    C -->|"Kei raro te ahi i a koe i roto i te awaawa, kei te piki ake ranei ki a koe"| D["KAUA e piki ki runga, ki roto ranei i nga nohoanga / tumere; haere ki te taha taha (90 nga nekehanga ki te hau) ka heke ki te taha o te wai rere"]
    C -->|"Tata ki te taha o muri, iti-kaha ranei (<0.9 m / 3 ft te mura o te ahi)"| E["Hohoro te whiti ma roto i te aputa angiangi o te taha ki 'Te Pango' (he waahi kua wera)"]
    D --> F{"Ka taea e koe te eke ki te huarahi ara, ki te huarahi whariki, ki te 'The Black' ranei i mua i te aroaro o te ahi?"}
    F -->|"Ae"| G["Whakatakahia nga taputapu taumaha ki te hiahiatia, pupuri wai me te SOS, nuku tere te hau whakawhiti ki roto i te Whanga Whero (toka, tarutaru poto)"]
    F -->|"Kao (Kei te tata te urunga)"| H["Tīpakohia te Rohe Whakaoranga: Te whanuitanga o te mara toka/scree toka, te awa kirikiri, te awa whanui/roto, te horoinga oneone kohuke ranei"]
    H --> I["Tango katoa nga kakahu nylon/ polyester me te waikeri i nga ipu wahie me te kohikohi 20 mita te tawhiti"]
    I --> J["Wiuhia te oneone kohuke kore, takoto kanohi ki raro ka manawa ki roto i te pute paru ma roto i te kakahu miro/wuru makuku tae noa ki te paahi o mua"]

He aha nga taputapu hanga o waho (tēneti nylon, peeke moe, me nga koti polyester) he mahanga mate i te wera nui.

He tata ki te 100% te petroleum-based taputapu peketua ultralight: nga teneti nylon kua pania ki te silicone, nga taara Dyneema, nga paparanga turanga polyester, nga koti huruhuru, me nga peeke moe me nga anga nylon 10-denier. Kaua rawa e ngokingoki ki roto i te teneti tuara o te nylon, i te peeke moe waihanga ranei hei "whakaruruhau" i a koe mai i te ahi e tata mai ana. Ko nga ngaru infrared anaana e haere ana 30 ki te 60 mita (100 ki te 200 putu) i mua o te mura ka rewa tonu, ka mura te teneti nylon, putea moe ranei huri noa i to tinana, ka huri hei oumu shrink. Wewetehia nga anga o waho me te huruhuru, kia mau ** te huruhuru merino, te miro, te hiako hiako ranei i runga i to kiri, ka whakamahi i te paru kohuke kore, te toka, te wai ranei hei arai waiariki.


Wāhanga 1: Te mohio ki te ahupūngao ahi mohoao i te whenua maunga me te ngahere

Ka taea e te kaihoe o tuawhenua te mohio ki te mahi tahi a te ahi me Topography, Fuel, and Wind ka taea te matapae ki hea ka tere te ahi mohoao me te waahi ka mutu, ka karo i nga mahanga whenua i mate ai te hunga hikereke me nga kaipatu ahi mohoao.

Ko nga ture whenua me te hau e 4 mo te whanonga ahi mohoao

Tauranga Whanonga Ahi Tikanga a-tinana Tere o te Horapa Paanga Ture Tactical for Hikers
1. Te Titahatanga (Te Ture Whakatere Whakapiki) Ka anga te mura ki te pikitanga, ka horoi i te paraihe kare i tahuna ki runga ake o te ahi i roto i te wera kanapa i te pikinga te hau wera convective ka whakamaroke i mua i te whakamaroke o te tuanui. Mo ia 10-tohu te pikinga o te pikitanga, ka horahia te tere o te pikinga o te ahi mohoao ka takirua (he ahi e neke ana i te 3 km/h i runga i te papa papatahi ka tere ki te 12 km/h i runga i te 20-tohu me te 24+ km/h i runga i te 30-tohu). Kaua rawa e ngana ki te kake atu i te ahi ki runga. He rerekee, he puhoi te haere o te ahi mohoao whakahekea (mehemea ka panaia e nga hau tino heke penei i te hau o Santa Ana, i te hau Diablo ranei). Mena kei raro koe i te ahi i te ahiahi marino, ko te neke atu ki raro ka nui te painga ki a koe.
2. Nga Tumere Topographic, Nga Kawa, me nga Whakanohonoho Ko nga awaawa whaiti te ahua V, nga awaawa pouaka, nga pokai, me nga nohoanga maunga (e haere ana i waenganui i nga tihi e rua) ka aukati i te pikinga o te hau wera me te hau korirangi ano he pere a te parakimete. Ka waihanga i te "pupuhi-ake" rere ka pahū te mura o te ahi 50 ki te 100 mita (165 ki te 330 putu) ki te rangi ka oma ki runga i te awaawa i te 30+ km/h (20+ mph). Whakaarohia nga awaawa whaiti-V, nga awaawa, me nga nohoanga hiwi hei waahi mate kore haere ina he ahi kei roto i te rerenga wai. Me noho ki runga i nga taumanu whanui, tuwhera, papaa raro o te raorao, ki te taha whakararo ranei o nga hiwi toka.
3. Nga Hau Maunga o te Ao (Kei runga i te Ra, Whakararo i te Po) Ko te whakamahana o te ra o nga pari maunga mai i te 10:00 AM ki te 6:00 PM ka puta te kaha kei runga me nga hau waiariki o runga awa. Whai muri i te ra, ka totohu te hau whakamatao, ka puta te ** hau heke iho**. Ko te kaha o te ahi, te tawhiti o te putunga, me te pikinga ka horapa te tihi i waenga i te 1:00 i te ahiahi me te 6:00 i te ahiahi i te mea he teitei te pāmahana, he iti rawa te haumākū, ā, ka whakahāngai te hau o runga ki te whenua. Me tumanako ka pahū te ahi o te ata o te ata ki roto i te ahi karauna tere i muri i te 1:00 PM. Kaua e roa ki te "tango whakaahua" o te pou auahi o te poutumarotanga.
4. Momo wahie (Nga kora kanapa marama me te rakau taumaha) He nui te ōwehenga mata-whare-ki-rōrahi o te tarutaru maroke, chaparral, sagebrush, me te papa ngira paina ("nga kora kanapa") ka mura tonu. E 3 ki te 5 nga wa tere atu te tere o te tarutaru me te ahi parai i nga ahi rakau kati (ka nui ake te ahi tarutaru i te 20 ki te 35 km/h), ahakoa ka wera ake te wera o te rakau taumaha me te roa ake ina mura ana. He ngawari te hikoi i te taha o te puke tarutaru, engari he ahi ka puhipuhi te kaiwhai i roto i te hēkona. Heoi, ka wera te tarutaru i roto i te 60 ki te 120 hēkona, ka ora tonu a "Te Pango" i muri i te ahi tarutaru.

Wāhanga 2: Mawhiti āhuahanga ara me te whakawhiti ki "Te Pango"

Ko nga kaipatu ahi o Wildland e kore rawa e uru ki te rohe ahi me te kore e whakatuu LCES (Tirotiro, Whakawhitiwhitinga, Nga huarahi Mawhiti, me nga Rohe Haumaru). Mena ka hongi koe i te auahi, ka kite ranei koe i te pupuhi i a koe e hīkoi ana, tu mo te 30 hēkona ki te mahere i te ahua o te ahi i mua i te rere matapo.

Anatomy o te ahi ahi me pehea te mawhiti atu

E wha nga wahanga motuhake o ia ahi-a-te-a-te-a-te-a-te-taahiwi ranei:

  1. Te Upoko: Ko te taha whakararo / pikitanga o te ahi ka teitei ake te mura o te ahi, ka tino whakamate te wera, ka tino matotoru te paowa, ka tere te hora. Kaua rawa e tu tika koe ki mua i te Upoko o te ahi ahi.
  2. The Flanks: Ko te taha maui me te taha matau o te ahi, he whakarara ki te ahunga hau. He iti rawa te teitei o te mura o te taha o te taha, ka puhoi haere ki waho.
  3. Te Rekereke: Te taha whakarunga / heke ki muri o te ahi, e ngokingoki ana ki te hau me te mura o te ahi.
  4. Nga ahi ahi: I mura nga ahi hou 0.5 ki te 3 kiromita (0.3 ki te 2 maero) i mua i te ahi matua na nga mura ahi (nga ahi). He kino nga ahi ahi na te mea ka mura * kei muri i a koe i runga i to huarahi ka kowhakina koe i waenganui i nga ahi e rua.
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WILDFIRE ESCAPE GEOMETRY (WIND OR SLOPE MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH)
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                     [ SPOT FIRES (Embers) ]

              DANGER ZONE     |  (NEVER RUN HERE)
                         \========/
                        / THE HEAD  \  <-- Fastest, hottest flames
       Move Laterally  |             |  Move Laterally
     <--- (90 Degrees) | Left  Right | (90 Degrees) --->
                       | Flank Flank |
                        \           /
                         |   "THE   |  <-- SAFE ZONE: Already burned
                         |  BLACK"  |      bare ground inside perimeter
                          \________/
                          THE REAR
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Me pehea me te wa ki te kuhu ki roto "Te Pango"

Ki te tangata hikoi kare i whakangungua, ka oma ki ki te raina ahi ki te whakawhiti ki roto i te waahi wera he ahua porangi. Heoi i roto i te hitori patu ahi mohoao, ** te whakawhiti ki "Te Pango" kua ora nga rau o nga oranga ** i te oma atu i te ahi i roto i te paraihe kaore i tahuna ("Te Kakariki") kua mate.

  • He aha te "Te Pango" he haumaru: Ina ka wera te tarutaru, te parapara, te papa o raro o te ngahere, karekau he wahie whenua hei tahu. Ahakoa te mura o te ahi matua 100 mita te tawhiti i roto i te "The Green," ka noho haumaru te tangata e tu ana i roto i te whanui whanui o "The Black" kei horo.
  • Ka taea e koe te whiti ki roto i te Pango: I nga wahie marama-ki-waenganui (nga tarutaru, nga rakau iti tuwhera, nga ngahere oki, ngahere paina tuwhera ranei kaore he rakau kua taia) i te taha Kei muri, i te taha humarie ranei o te ahi kei raro te teitei o te mura ** kei raro iho i te 0.6 ki te 0.9 mita (2 ki te 3 putu)** me te rohe mura ahi kaha (3 ki te 3 putu)** me te 1 ki te 3 putu te hohonu o te rohe mura (3 ki te 3 putu)**
  • Waihia to peketua me te koti waihanga.
  • Ringihia he wai mai i ou ipu ki runga i ou kakahu huruhuru, makawe, me te whitiki miro kua herea ki to ihu me to waha.
  • Tiakina to kanohi me o kanohi ki o ringaringa kua hipokina ranei, pupuri i to manawa mo te 3-hekona o te pupuhi, ka hikoi ki roto i te waahi iti o te mura ki runga i te whenua pango kua wera.
  • Hīkoi 30 ki te 50 mita (100 ki te 165 putu) te hohonu ki roto i te pango tae noa ki te hauhautanga o te whenua, ka heke te wera mai i te mata matomato karekau i tahuna.
  • Nga mea morearea hei mataki mo roto "Te Pango":
  • ** Ka hinga nga "Widowmaker":** Ko nga rakau e tu ana kua wera me nga pakiaka kua kowharua ka hinga kaore he whakatupato i muri i te paahitanga o te ahi. Me tu ki roto i te waahi pango i tawhiti atu i te teitei o nga rakau kua tahuna.
  • White Ash Pits: Ko nga pute hohonu o te rewharewha te pungarehu ma e tohu ana i nga tumu rakau kua tahuna, i nga punaha pakiaka ranei e mura tonu ana i te 500 nga nekehanga Celsius (932 nga nekehanga Fahrenheit) i raro i te whenua. Ma te hikoi ki roto i te rua pungarehu ma, ka wera nga waewae me nga waewae. Me takahi noa i runga i te toka totoka, i te wao pango angiangi ranei, kaua rawa e uru ki roto i nga putunga pungarehu ma.
  • Tahu ano i roto i te koru kare i tahuna: Mena ka tahuna noa te para o te ngira whenua ("underburn") i te mea e mau tonu ana nga ngira paina kaakaariki i roto i nga karauna o runga o te rakau, kaore ano kia tahuna, ka huri ohorere te hau ka puta ano he **karauna ahi ka wera ano i runga ake. Me whirinaki anake ki te Pango i tahuna ai te kaapu, karekau ranei he karauna rakau o runga.

Wāhanga 3: Tīpakohia te Rohe Whakaoranga Whakamutunga-Whakamutunga i te wa e hipa ana

Mena kei te tere haere te ahi mohoao ki te mawhiti me te teitei rawa o te mura (3+ mita / 10+ waewae) ki te kuhu ki roto i te Pango, he meneti koe ki te kowhiri i tetahi Whahanga Whakaora Whakamutunga Whakamutunga kia ora ai i te haerenga o te mura o mua.

He aha te patu i a koe i te wa e paheke ana: Te wera o te wera me te hau wera nui

Kaore koe e pa ki te mura kotahi ka mate koe i te ahi ahi. E rua nga kaipatu kare e kitea i mua me te haere tahi i te mura o mua:

  1. Radiant Wera (Infrared Radiation): Haere i roto i nga raina tika i te tere o te marama mai i te pakitara mura. I te 10 mita (33 putu) mai i te ahi nui o te karauna, ka nui ake te rere o te wera i te 40 ki te 80 kirowatt mo ia mita tapawha, he nui ki te opupu te kiri tangata i roto i te 3 hēkona me te mura kakahu. Na te mea ka tere haere te wera raana ki nga rarangi torotika (raina-a-kitenga), ka whakanoho i tetahi arai totoka, kore e mura (he toka, he parepare paru, he awaawa hohonu, he wai ranei) i waenganui i to tinana me te pakitara mura ka aukati i te 100% o te wera tika.
  2. Hui Hupawera Hurihuri (Injury Airway): Hurihia ana nga pupuhi o te hau tino wera (300 ki te 800 nekehanga Celsius / 572 ki te 1,472 nga nekehanga Fahrenheit) i mua o te mura ahi. Ko te haunga kotahi o te hau 300-tohu ka puta tonu te edema laryngeal (te pupuhi o te pouaka reo me te paipa hau) e kati ai te huarahi rererangi. Heoi, na te mea ka piki ake te hau wera, ka noho te paparanga hau i roto i te 10 ki te 15 henemita (4 ki te 6 inihi) o te paru kohuke kore e noho hau atu rau nga nekehanga me te pupuri i te hāora manawa.

Whakarangatira i nga Rohe Whakaora Whakamutunga Mai i te Pai ki te Kino

Kōwhiringa Rohe Ora Whakatauranga Ora Me pehea te tuu i a koe kia ora Nga Rawe Nui hei karo
1. Talus nui / Scree Boulder Mara, Papa Kanikani Barren ranei Kairangi (Kore wahie) Nuku i te iti rawa 30 ki te 50 mita (100 ki te 165 putu) ki waenganui o te papa toka tahanga atu i te taha o te ngahere. Hurihia to tinana ki roto i te paheketanga kei muri i te toka nui e anga atu ana ki te ahi e tata mai ana kia purua e te kirikiri totoka te wera o te tirohanga. Kaua e ngokingoki ki roto i te tumere toka poutū hohonu, whaiti ka rere te auahi me te wera ki runga.
2. Awa Whanui, Roto, Rere Maunga Hohonu ranei Kairangi (Mena he whanui me te waatea) Horoihia ki roto i te wai i te iti rawa 0.6 ki te 1 mita (2 ki te 3 putu) te hohonu mai i nga tahataha paraihe e iri ana. Rukuhia to tinana ki runga ki to kauae, pania he wuru makuku, he miro hate/tauera ki runga i to mahunga me to kanohi, ka hau i roto i te kakahu makuku kei runga noa ake i te mata wai ka puta te mura o mua ki runga i nga tahatika. Kaua rawa e whakaruru ki roto i tetahi moenga awa iti, whaiti, maroke kua kowaowaotia e te parai wirou (he wera ake te parai riparian i te nuinga o etahi atu wahie). Kaua rawa e piki ki roto i te kirihou teitei/taaka wai rakau, i te waka rakau ranei kei reira te wai e koropupu ai.
3. Te Huarahi Para Whanui, te Raina ahi Bulldozer, te Pae kirikiri ranei Pai Takoto ki raro te kanohi ki raro i te aru rori, ki te peeke tapahi ranei i te taha e tata ana ki te ahi e tata mai ana (na te peeke paru ka paopao i te wera kanapa me te mura o to tuara). Horoia nga tarutaru maroke me nga ngira paina mo te 3+ mita huri noa i a koe. Kaua e tu, ka oma ranei ki raro i te huarahi auahi ka taea e nga waka patu ahi, nga rakau ka hinga ranei, ka pa ki a koe.
4. Maamaa Paru-kore ki roto i nga Rakau Rakau / Maara Whakamutunga Whakamutunga Kōwhiria te tuwhera māori whānui me te tarutaru poto rawa. Whakamahia o rekereke putu, te pou hikoi, te korou whakarewa/kohua ranei hei karau i te papaki 2-by-3-mita (6-by-10-foot) ki raro ki te paru kohuke kore noa. Keria he 15-henimita (6-inihi) pouri mo to kanohi me to rama. Takoto te kanohi whakararo me nga waewae e anga ana ki te mura o te ahi. Tukuhia to peketua me nga ipu wahie isobutane i te iti rawa ki te 15 ki te 20 mita (50 ki te 65 putu) te tawhiti i mua i to takoto ki raro kia kore ai to kete e mau i nga waro ki runga i to tuara, kia kore ai e pahū to putunga hau ki te taha o to mahunga.

Te Tikanga Whakaoranga Ake-i-te-taahiraa (Te 10-Minute Te Panui Mura)

I te nuinga o te ngahere me te ngahere ahi ngahere, ko te mura nui o mua ka roa 2 ki te 10 meneti noa ki te haere i runga i te waahi tuuturu (ahakoa kei te haere tonu te auahi, te wahangu, me te wera o te ahi mai i nga rakau tahuna i muri mai). Mena ka pehia koe ki te takoto ki roto i te maara, te tapahi rori, kei muri ranei o te toka:

  1. Makahia to peketua me to tahu wahie umu mo te 20 mita (65 putu) te tawhiti. Puritia noa o ipu wai, he kakahu wūru/miu, he karapu hiako ranei, me to taputapu SOS amiorangi ki roto i te pute i raro i to rama.
  2. ** Hipokina ia henimita tapawha o te kiri kau ki te papanga kore-hangaia me te oneone:** Toia ki raro nga ringaringa o te miro/wuru, ka huri ake to kara, ka mau i nga karapu hiako, huruhuru ranei, ka toia he parani miro, merino ranei ki runga i to ihu, waha, me nga taringa. Mena he ringa kau, he waewae ranei, pania te paru makuku, te paru kohuke korere ranei ki runga i to kiri e kitea ana hei whakaata i te wera infrared.
  3. Keria he "Putea Manawa" ki roto i te paru: Wiuhia he kowhao te rahi o te ringa ki roto i te paru kohuke hauhaumaru i raro tonu i to ihu me to waha. Patohia to mata ki roto i te paru paru me te kakahu makuku miro/wuru ka hipoki i to waha me to ihu.
  4. Kia noho papatahi, KAUA KAOE KAUPAPA ka piki te haruru me te wera: I te wa e pa ana te mura o mua ki te taha o to whakamaaratanga, ka tangi te haruru ano he miihini jet, ka pouri katoa, ka pupuhi te ahi i to tuara, ka mamae te wera ki to tuara me nga kuao kau. Kaua e mataku, kaua e hikina to mahunga ki te hoha, kaua hoki e tu ki runga ka oma. Ma te tu ki runga ka tuu o ngutu ki roto i te hau 500-tohu-Celsius me te taurangi ka wera te huarahi rererangi i roto i nga manawa e rua. Me pehi tonu ki roto i te paru kia puhoi te manawa mai i te pute o te oneone tae noa ki te mimiti o te haruru, ka makariri te hau.

Wāhanga 4: Te hopu waka i te huarahi ara, te huarahi ngahere ranei

I etahi wa ka hoki ano nga kaikoi ki to raatau waka kua tu ki te huarahi paru mamao ka kitea kua motu ke te ara o te ngahere ki waho i te mura o te ahi, i nga rakau wera ranei.

  • He pai ake te noho o te waka hikoi i te hikoi i te hikoi ma te paraihe wera, mena ka tika te whakanoho i te motuka:
  • Tuku waka ki runga i te whenua iti rawa e waatea ana: Peia ki te pokapū o te papa tuunga paru/kirikiri whanui rawa atu, te waahi toka toka ranei, kia matara atu i nga rakau, paraihe, me nga kioti arai rakau ka taea. KAUA e tu ki runga i nga tarutaru roroa maroke, i nga moenga ngira paina ranei (ka mura tonu ki raro i to taika hau me te kaitahuri catalytic).
  • Kia noho tonu te miihini (tae noa ki te paheketanga o te hāora) me nga rama matua me nga rama morearea KIA: Ma te pupuri i nga rama me nga rama ohorere ka taea e nga kaipatu ahi me nga waka topatopa te kite i to waka na roto i te auahi pango.
  • ** Hurihia nga matapihi katoa kia 100% ki runga ka tautuhi i te mana o te rangi ki te "RECIRCULATE" (whakawetohia ranei nga hau):** Kaua rawa e waiho nga matapihi kia tuwhera; ka pupuhi nga mura ahi me te hau paitini kua wera ki roto i te whare.
  • Tukuhia ki runga i te papa o te waka i raro i te raina karaehe matapihi: Ka tukuna e te karaehe Matapihi te wera infrared raana ki runga i to kanohi me o ringaringa (ka pakaru nga matapihi taha mauri i te wera nui). Takoto ki runga i nga whariki papa i raro i te taumata o nga kuaha whakarewa, ka hipoki katoa ki nga paraikete wūru, nga koti miro, nga kakahu taapiri/whariki papa (kaua rawa he peeke moe waihanga).
  • Tamanakohia nga haruru nui ka noho ki roto kia pahemo te mura o mua: Ka pupuhi, ka rewa nga tuera, ka wera te kuti kirihou o waho, ka ruia e te hau nui te waka. Ko nga taika wahie waka o naianei he uaua ka pahū tonu; noho iti i raro i te raina matapihi i roto i te whare whakarewa tae noa ki te neke atu te pakitara mura o waho, katahi ka puta atu ki runga i te paru kua wera ki runga i te hau mena ka wera te waka o waho.

Wāhanga 5: Te whakamatautau hauora i muri i te ahi me te whakatere i waho o te rohe wera

Once the main fire front has passed and the air cools enough to stand up:

  1. Check for Airway Thermal Burns (Red Flag Number 1): Look at your companions' faces. Singed nasal hairs, soot around the mouth or in sputum, a hoarse or raspy voice, brassy cough, stridor (high-pitched wheezing when inhaling), or difficulty swallowing indicate inhalation thermal injury. The upper airway can swell completely shut over the next 1 to 4 hours. Re-trigger your Satellite SOS immediately and report "Suspected airway burns requiring immediate helicopter hoist/evacuation." Keep the victim sitting upright (semi-Fowler's position) to reduce airway swelling and minimize physical exertion.
  2. Treat Cutaneous Burns Correctly: Cool active burns with clean cool water from your drinking bottles for 10 to 20 minutes if available, remove any melted clothing ONLY if it is not stuck to the skin (never peel melted nylon or polyester out of a burn wound; cut around it), and cover burns loosely with clean dry gauze or a clean cotton shirt (see Weranga). Protect burn victims from hypothermia once the heat subsides.
  3. Navigate Out Using "The Black" While Avoiding Post-Fire Deadly Hazards:
  4. Never walk back into unburned green brush where shifting winds can reignite the flank. Stay inside The Black or on wide bare roads while waiting for rescue crews.
  5. Watch overhead continuously for falling burned trees ("Widowmakers") and underground burned-out root cavities / white ash pits that collapse under a hiker's boot.
  6. Beware of rolling rocks and debris on steep slopes: In steep mountain canyons, wildfires burn away the logs and brush holding talus rocks in place, sending bowling-ball-sized rocks tumbling down onto trails continuously after the fire passes.

Pātai auau

Should I pour my drinking water all over my clothes and backpack before escaping a wildfire?

Be strategic with your limited water. Wetting a 100% cotton bandana or merino wool buff to tie over your nose and mouth (and wetting a cotton/wool shirt or hat just before crossing through a low flame flank into The Black or lying down for an overrun) is highly effective because evaporating water absorbs latent heat and filters hot smoke particles. However, do NOT dump all of your drinking water over your clothes 45 minutes early while trying to hike out: in 45-degree-Celsius (113-degree-Fahrenheit) radiant heat and low humidity, wet clothes dry completely in 10 minutes, and severe dehydration will cause heat exhaustion and muscle cramping that prevents you from moving fast. Keep at least 1 liter of drinking water inside your bottle to sip and to wet your breathing cloth at the final moment of need.

Can I use my Mylar " emergency space blanket" from my first aid kit as a wildland fire shelter?

NO, never wrap yourself in a Mylar emergency space blanket during a wildfire. While an official USFS Wildland Fire Shelter looks foil-coated on the outside, it is a specialized multi-layer laminate of woven silica, fiberglass, high-temperature adhesive, and heavy aluminum foil engineered to withstand 500+ degrees Celsius. A consumer Mylar space blanket is an ultra-thin sheet of PET plastic (polyester film) with a microscopic vapor-deposited aluminum tint that melts, shrinks, and ignites at roughly 250 degrees Celsius (482 degrees Fahrenheit), melting plastic directly onto your skin. Leave the Mylar space blanket in your ditched pack and use bare mineral dirt, boulders, or water instead.

How can I tell while hiking if a distant smoke column is moving toward me or away from me?

Look at two indicators: the lean angle of the smoke column and the color and texture of the base vs. top. If the smoke column is leaning toward your position or ashes and charred pine needles begin falling around you like snow, you are directly downwind in the path of the Head of the fire (and in the ember spot-fire zone). Dense black or dark copper/brown boiling smoke indicates heavy timber or brush burning intensely at high speed, whereas thin, lazy white smoke usually indicates lighter grass or cooling fuels. Do not wait to see flames, if ash is falling on you or visibility drops, evacuate perpendicular to the wind immediately.

If I see a firefighting helicopter or air tanker flying low overhead, what should I do?

First, try to make yourself visible in an open clearing (waving a bright non-synthetic garment or signaling mirror) ONLY when a small spotter plane or helicopter is searching for you. Second, if a large air tanker or heavy helicopter with a water bucket makes a low-altitude pass directly in line with your position, get flat on the ground behind a boulder or wide tree trunk immediately (facing away with hands protecting your head). A 4,000-to-15,000-liter (1,000-to-4,000-gallon) drop of Phos-Chek fire retardant slurry or water dropped at 130 knots weighs up to 15 metric tons: a low drop can snap 30-centimeter (12-inch) tree trunks in half, send boulders flying like shrapnel, and kill an upright person on impact. If you are coated in red Phos-Chek retardant, rinse it off your eyes and skin with water when safe; it is mostly ammonium phosphate fertilizer and is slippery but non-toxic in brief skin contact.

Why is digging a shallow trench in bare mineral dirt so effective at keeping you alive during an overrun?

Soil is one of nature's best thermal insulators. Even during a catastrophic crown fire that burns at 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit) in the tree canopy overhead, heat penetrates downward into bare mineral dirt by only 2 to 5 centimeters (1 to 2 inches). Furthermore, because superheated air is buoyant and rises violently upward in the fire's convection column, a thin boundary layer of cooler, denser air hugs the lowest depressions of the bare ground. Pressing your body flat into a scraped dirt trench keeps your back below the main radiant/convective blast and lets your nose draw air from that cool 10-centimeter boundary layer.

Where can I learn official wilderness first aid and burn care before my next backpacking trip?

Take a hands-on Wilderness First Aid (WFA) or standard First Aid and CPR course through the American Red Cross, St John Ambulance, NOLS Wilderness Medicine, or a certified local provider, and always check official national fire agency maps (such as InciWeb in the United States, Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, or state Emergency WA / NSW RFS Fires Near Me apps in Australia) before stepping onto a summer or autumn trail.


Kua tirohia nga puna

  • National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) & United States Forest Service (USFS) (United States): Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG) (PMS 461, covering LCES, Escape Routes, Safety Zones, "The Black" vs. "The Green", Watch Out Situations, Fire Behavior slope/wind rules, and Last Resort Survival without a Fire Shelter).
  • USFS Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) (United States): The New Generation Fire Shelter and Surviving Fire Entrapments: Radiant vs. Convective Heat Physics and Breathable Air Layers at Ground Level.
  • National Park Service (NPS) (United States): Backcountry Wildfire Preparedness and Trail Evacuation Protocols.
  • Country Fire Authority (CFA) (Victoria) & NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) (Australia): Bushfire Survival when Caught on Foot or in a Vehicle (radiant heat shielding, wool/cotton clothing protection, and vehicle floorboard sheltering).
  • Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) & American Burn Association (ABA) (United States): Prehospital Management of Thermal Burns and Acute Smoke / Airway Inhalation Injury in Austere Environments.

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