Be careful when using electricity and lighting in tents. Always extinguish cooking campfires promptly. Obey all fire laws, ordinances, and regulations. If fire breaks out, it must be quickly and properly suppressed. Class B Fires that involve gasoline, oil, grease, tars, paints, lacquers, or flammable gases.
Water is dangerous, as it spreads the fire.
Class C Electrical fires involving heated wire and arcing. Fires in any one class may involve materials of other classes, so more than one type of extinguisher should be available. Dispose of these extinguishers as recommended by fire officials. Extinguishers should normally be mounted near a doorway and approximately at shoulder level. In a camp setting, the unit leader is responsible for training Scouts in fire prevention, fire detection and reporting, and fire fighting.