Follow these important camping safety tips. You should always consider safety tips when out camping, and many of these start before you begin your journey. One of the most important things you need to bring with you on any outing is a first aid kit. While no one expects to get hurt, it is better to be prepared and not need it, then to need a band aid or antiseptic and not have it. If you get a cut or bug bite while you are out camping, it can get infected and become a bigger problem.

Some other safety tips when you go camping is making sure other people at home know that you are going, where you will be, and what time to expect you to be back.

• If something happens, you get lost, injured, or stranded, then someone will know there is a problem and send help.
• You should also have a cell phone with you just in case, if you own one, and an emergency kit with a signaling device, a compass, and a fire starter.
• Keep matches, lighters and other things in a water proof container, even a sealed plastic bag can act as a waterproof container in a pinch.

When you are out camping there are some safety tips you should always observe as well.

• Make sure that you are not walking around without shoes, and always have an extra set of dry clothes with you and a jacket of some kind, especially if you are camping in the mountains.
• Keep a flashlight with you, either with extra batteries, or one that you can hand crank to charge.
• Make sure that you do not wander too far from camp, and never hike around alone.
• While nobody expects an accident, or to get lost, it is just a good rule to expect the unexpected.

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