FALL 2000 Good Harbor Bay Rehearsal I Rehearsal Fire Information I 2001 Final Event I Sponsorship I Project Description

Fire Site Guidelines

• Township Fire Chiefs Al Rosinski and Chuck Stander will make the final decision at 5:30 PM as to whether the test fires may be lighted.
• Firewood shall be carried by hand or on plastic sleds.
• Use the wood provided.  Burning treated wood or wood with nails. screws, paint or varnish is prohibited.
• If you are to check in with Dick Catton at CR# 669, he will give you special instructions for accessing fire sites in accordance with NPS requirements.  If you are to check with Laura Quackenbush at CR# 651, firewood shall be transported on the beach
• Your fire site will be marked with a numbered stake.  Fires are allowed between the water's edge and the beginning of the vegetation.  The closer to the water the better.
• Absolutely no accelerants shall be used to initiate or accelerate the fires.
• Fires shall be lighted between 6:30 and 9:00 PM and be at a maximum illumination for one airplane fly over at 7:00 - 7:30 PM (sunset) and a second at 8:30 - 9:00 PM (full dark).
• When traveling to and from the fire site, do not walk in the dune grass or vegetated areas.
• Burn your fire down to ashes of leaving charred wood a size less than a commercial charcoal briquette.
• All Fires must be attended at all times until they are extinguished with water.
• Do not bury fires.
• There shall be no motorized vehicles on the beach.
• Fires shall be extinguished and debris buried or removed after 9:00 PM.
• All trash and extra wood shall be removed from the fire sites.

Good Harbor Bay Campfire Rehearsal
Oct. 13th (rain date October 14th)

• Campfire Location Map (with Fire Team Leader Assignments and Firewood Detail)
• Leelanau--Good Harbor Bay Map (with Firewood Pickup locations)
• Fire Captain Instructions
• Fire Site Guideline
• Volunteer Fire Tender Responsibilities
• Supply List--Things to Consider
• Fire Team Members (2 Teams From Southwest Michigan)