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Hey Folks! Here’s a loooooong but important email to get us ready for Fire Camp 2024! Please read it and let us know if you have any questions.
Holy smokies, it’s almost August and we’re getting so close! Are you excited? Did you spend all your disposable income on fuzzy platform boots and Pabst Blue Ribbon? Are you stressed out because there is so much to do? You’re not alone! Read on to help settle some of your burning camp questions! If you are new to BRC or want a refresh on city life, there’s a great website with LOTS of details about BRC. Check out: https://survival.burningman.org. And it doesn't hurt to revisit the 10 principles as we pack and think about our experience on playa this year. Also! There’s a couple camp needs to consider as you start to pack up:
Camp Housekeeping: 1. KINDNESS: We're starting with an important one again this year. You may have heard- camp is VERY full. This means we're going to be cozy. It also means there is no spreading out, we will need you to stick to the footprint you signed up for. Some really dope placement people are going to be our guiding light through this process. Let's all be aware of our space, compassionate to our neighbors and kind to our fellow campers. 2. CHANGE TO YOUR FOOTPRINT? Last minute changes to your rig/ footprint? Please fill out PLACEMENT UPDATE QUESTIONNAIRE if you haven’t done so already. 3. KEEP INFORMED: How do you know what the heck is going on in camp before you arrive? Well on the camp website of course! We are posting the camp updates there in case your emails get tangled. What about once you arrive? Find the info table! At the camp info table you will find an assortment of AMAZING whiteboards filled with information and an info table. Info you can find there includes camp events, the volunteer list, a map of camp, etc. Check them out!! 4. BAR: Bring something to contribute, here's the sign up for the Booze list! We need booze and lots of mixers and even some non-alc beverages to share in the bar (no such thing as too many sparkling waters to share). And then use the bar! It’s for everyone and it has ice, it has shade, it has music- what else do you need? Make your neighbor a drink, maybe even make one for the folks cleaning up after dinner. Bring your own cup please! 5. RIDE SHARE: Vehicle passes are not plentiful this year- do you need a ride to playa? Can you offer a ride to playa? Check out the Ride Share list 6. EVENTS: We have events in camp! When we get a little closer you will receive a list of camp and ESD wide events. Look for these emails! Also find an active list of camp events on the whiteboards! 7. VOLUNTEER: We need you to volunteer in camp. We ask 5 hours, but really it takes much more to put all this awesomeness together and take it down. Please make sure you and your guests are signed up to volunteer at least for 5 hours, but really as much as your little selves can. We need all the jobs filled!! There will also be a white board on playa near the info table to fill in any last minute jobs and in addition you will have an opportunity to sign up for volunteer work when you pick up your meal bracelet at the first meal. Our stunning volunteer coordinators will be facilitating on playa to make sure we have 100% participation this year. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084CA5AA22A4F9C52-50223540-camp#/ Pre and post event setup and breakdown of camp is a lot of work and we need YOU!!! Right now-we don't have many people signed up, and there's a lot to coordinate on those days, so we need to know how many hands we'll have on deck. BIggest need pre-event are on Thursday 8/22 and Friday 8/23, post event- many hands needed Monday 9/2. People signed up for pre and post shifts will have a simple meal (breakfast and dinner) made available to them. You can find AM and PM shifts on the signup genius, please add your name! If it's crazy hot, we'll start early and have midday siesta, then more evening build. Scroll all the way down for Monday, September 2 for the breakdown shifts. Want to come help set up camp but don't have a SAP? Please let me (Stefie) know I have a couple left. We really need help in the kitchen later in the week. Bringing a guest? Sign their tushies up to help us during burn weekend in the kitchen! No guest? Sign yourself up because you're awesome and it's fun! 8. LIGHT UP: Light your rig. Are you coming in a RV? If so, we need you to light it up. The city makers have requested we brighten camp along the C and D roads so it looks less like murderville. Please bring some solar lights or whatevs to hang or put out on the road by your camper and help make burning man less dark and unfriendly. Camp colors are red if you really want to get fancy and theme out. 9. WHERE TO PARK YOUR CAR: If you are not living in your vehicle you will be required to move it out of camp. Keep this in mind as you make your camping plans. There is an off site location for car parking, placement will give you instructions on playa to get your vehicle there as soon as you unpack. Please plan to unload or unhook your trailer and repark. Camps that look like parking lots are no bueno and we need the space for other campers. The placement folks will help you when you arrive. If you are arriving pre-placement people, please ask Ben where to take your vehicle. 10. RV SERVICE/ GENERATOR: If you signed up for RV service or the camp generator, you will be receiving emails from me (Stefie). Generator is only for people who have prepaid before we arrive, no hooking in if you didn’t buy in. Please don’t ask your neighbors to piggyback off them, the generator is a luxury and expensive and it takes everyone buying in to make it work. 11. SHOWER: Your camp dues provide for two showers for the week. Please keep your showers to 5 glorious minutes. Consensual shower sharing is encouraged as long as you stay within the 5 MINUTE RULE. Please remove all of your shower supplies when done – we ask that you don’t leave items even for sharing as it complicates shower maintenance during the week. 12. MEAL PLAN/ WATER: For those of you on meal plan- meals start at dinner on Sunday Aug. 25th and extend until Breakfast on Monday Sept 2. We offer breakfast and dinner with an occasional unplanned lunch. On burn nights we eat early (something like 4:30/5) to accommodate the fire team. After the burn we will have a grilled cheese or something else spectacular available as a snack. If you are around pre or post event- plan to feed yourself unless you are signed up to help in camp (see #7 above). We don’t offer drinking water- so bring your own! Meal times are posted on the white boards (have I mentioned the amazing white boards?), so check them out when you arrive, I’ll have them posted by the first meal. We don’t save food for late eaters, if you want to eat- show up, we are cooking for all of you who signed up and food waste sucks! 13. LEAVE NO TRACE: Just like the rest of BRC- plan to pack it out. During your stay be sure to keep your space tidy and create no moop. When you depart from camp, plan an extra 1/2 hr to rake your space and gather any moop RAIN OR SHINE. Help your neighbors too- the footprint of camp is all of our responsibilities- we want to go green on the post-event moop map. Let’s make it happen! Rakes will be available by the kitchen at break down. 14. ICE: Want ice? sign up/ pay up by 10 am each morning at the info table by the coffee cart and the amazing Ice Queen will head off to pick it up for us. Plan to hang out for when they return to receive your ice or else it goes into someone else’s cocktail. 2024 Pricing: $7 for 10lb block and $12 for 16lb crushed. You may have heard you can pay with a card this year- it’s true! But to keep things simple, if you are ordering ice through camp, you’ll need to bring cash. If you want to pay with a card- you’ll need to go to Artica yourself. 15. COFFEE: Hot shots is our dope espresso cart by the eating shade. The hours are 7am to 10am-ish. Bring your own cup! Treats to share at the cart are cool too (see above). 16. HEALTH AND SAFETY: Hand-Washing: Do you enjoy intestinal health? While we can't prevent you from taking that shot from that crusty cup at a pop up bar on the playa near a ball pit that looks awfully suspicious (am I speaking from experience? yes, yes I am), we can ask you to take care of yourself in camp. Radical self reliance, right? Well this year we ask that you take your radical self over to the hand washing station behind the med station to wash those funky hands of yours before meals. We will also have a hand sanitizer dispenser at the start of the food line- use it! In the kitchen: We have a great crew of chefs this year. In the kitchen- they are in charge. The kitchen is not a hang out space or a help yourself space. If you are an eater, please abide by the rules of the line (servers will serve you, no fingers in the food, wear pants, etc). If you are a volunteer in the kitchen- follow the lead of your chef, they will be your guiding light towards food safety (also come dressed to cook- so ALL your parts need to be covered). The kitchen is not open to washing your personal dishes or storage of your food. THE KITCHEN DOES NOT ACCEPT FOOD DONATIONS (No Dumping your leftover food for us to deal with during breakdown). 17. PLACEMENT: Placement map and instructions will be out the week before build week. Are you arriving pre-event, pre- placement team? Plan to be flexible and squeeze in. Ben and Lorraine will give strict orders on where people go. Snug in, no elbow room this year. When Placement arrives on playa, be prepared to move if need be. 18. SHADE/ PREPARING FOR HEAT: We offer a mostly shady eating area and bar. We do not offer shade for tents, Rv's, etc. Please come prepared to be radically-self-shade-reliant. And to boot, it's likely to be really really hot (remember that one year? you are probably trying not to), and it might even rain (again!). Prepare yourself to live in very hot weather, very wet, very windy, very dusty, very cold weather (why do we do this?). It could be 110 degrees, it could be 40 degrees. It's the desert, we are the tourists. Don't underestimate what you need to stay cool and make sure you are hydrating. 19. REACH OUT: We have many new campers this year. Preparing for playa is an overwhelming process even for the very not virgins to playa. If you need support or have questions, please reach out and I'll be happy to help. Camp culture, events, and placement emails to follow! Until next time, much love, The Camp Cor (this one's from Stefie) Stefie B Fire Camp, ESD Station 3, 3&C (831) 239-2809 Comments are closed.
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