Excellent campfire safety info ..

As I said, "We think we know it all" then along comes Willem to tell us Its "basic common sense"
Then promptly states he.."cover it with dirt or sand to smother any resisting fire".
Oh dear, dear.....What resisting fire......Read the original post again Willem.
See what I mean, We think we know it all.

Regards............BIGDOG

Yerr mate

I do things my way and don't rely on some Government Instrumentality to tell me how to suck eggs.

I knew I would elicit a response from someone.

It is still common sense. The sand/dirt bit is to cover any latent embers there may be as a doubling up of killing the fire. Quite often you will have a piece of wood still emitting steam after being doused with water. Sometimes the water does not penetrate right to the core of the wood. Hence the sand/dirt should smother any fire still smouldering inside the wood. Covering the charcoal embers of a fire makes certain that if a wind sprang up and there was still some fire smouldering then the sand/dirt should stop the start of another fire. And on top of that, covering your dead fire, makes your camp site look tidy.

Cheers

The link refers to what is best in Qld.
Last time I looked, Qld had lots of beach sand and not much desert sand. On a beach you have plenty of water. Like Willem says, its all common sense. Use water in those places because water is best.

In the desert, you don't have plenty of water. You also don't have kids running around burning themselves ( not on my trips anyway :-)) Again, use you common sense, and covering up your last remaining embers with sand is the best option in a desert.

Spot on Willem, douse it wth the washing water and then cover it with dirt, only way to put it out completely without wasting all yer water

Maybe it was dishwashing water in the bucket. Good grief ..it's a bloomin' dramatisation.