Most importantly, the Black Rock Rangers move among us, clad in their khaki colored uniforms, dispensing information. They offer guidance, help and shelter to the lost, and they explain the rules of our community. More importantly, they can explain the reasons for these rules. The Rangers are also very skilled in non-confrontational mediation of disputes. If you need help, you may depend upon a Ranger.
Greeters welcome every citizen arriving in our town.
Lamplighters , dressed in flame embroidered costumes, march along our streets, as planes drift lazily overhead, turning for their final approach to our airport. Members of our Fire Conclave start to stoke the Cauldron kept in the Keyhole in Center Camp, as reporters, recorders in hand, spread out into our city to investigate the many unexpected corners of this great tentopolis. Members of Recycle Camp pedal bicycles equipped with recycling bins, stopping here and there to deliver newspapers and collect aluminum cans, while Rangers circulate through the city, dispensing information and helping people solve their problems. And some of these groups endure throughout the year, such as the Earth Guardians who work with the Bureau of Land Management to protect the historical, cultural and environmental resources of the desert. Welcome to Black Rock City, Republic of Burning Man.