Laws of tent living.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: ROUGHING IT IN A TENT MONTH AFTER MONTH IS TOUCH DUTY. WHO KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN YOU? TENT LIVING MAKES SPECIAL DEMANDS ON YOUR SAFETY, HEALTH AND SANITATION. THAT'S WHY A TENT CITY The term tent city covers a wide variety of usually temporary housing made of tents. Tent cities may originate spontaneously or be planned. Tents may or may be not comfortable but usually lack plumbing and sanitary facilities which tend to be communal. NEEDS SOME SENSIBLE HOUSING RULES, GUIDELINES TO PROTECT YOU, YOUR BUDDIES SHELTER AND GEAR. WE'VE COMPILED A FEW "LAWS OF TENT LIVING" YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ... FINALLY, POST THE RULES AND APPOINT A MONITOR IN EACH TENT. HE'S THERE TO MAKE SURE THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED Fire Safety * Use only heaters approved for military use--like those in the family of space ! heaters (FOSH FOSH Family of Space Heaters FOSH Friends of Sound Horses, Inc FOSH Friends of Stanley Hall (Estes Park, Colorado) FOSH Fall on Outstretched Hand FOSH Finance, Operations, Sales, and Human Resources ). * Station a fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. by each door. * Never use hot plates, microwaves or irons. * Make sure all lights and electrical devices are turned loft when you leave. * Don't use frayed spliced or damaged extension cords. * Don't hang wet clothes or put other objects on top of interior wiring. * Make sure the voltage entering your tent matches the voltage of your appliances. For instance, don't plug a 110-volt appliance into an outlet providing 220-volt power. You'll not only lose the appliance, but you could start a fire. You need to get a transformer. * No smoking within 50 feet of tents. And no smoking on decks or additions. Keeping your distance is especially important if your tent has been soaked in kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off to repel re·pel v. re·pelled, re·pel·ling, re·pels v.tr. 1. To ward off or keep away; drive back: repel insects. 2. insects. Health and Sanitation * In the heat of summer it's hard to keep a tent cool. Consider buying a fan at the PX to help circulate air. * Don't play with the air conditioner controls. If you set the unit below 68[degrees]F, it could freeze up. Then you'll have no cool air for the two to three hours it takes for the unit to thaw out. * Don't eat or store food in tens. Food attracts insects, mice, rats and snakes--and you don't need extra bunk mates. * Dependint on local SOP, generators might be taken down daily for maintenance. Be prepared for those times you'll have no air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. and possibly no electrical power. * Do not block doors. Make sure to keep the halls and doorways I clean and free of obstructions. * Inspect the tents monthly or as needed as needed prn. See prn order. * Take out the garbage each day. |
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