How to make a fire in the wild, without burning the ground?

A cabin is on fire,we get out in time,cabin near woods,before fire fighters arrive how can we prevent woods?

• from burring out? Again:we have a cabin near some woods,cabin short circuited and started burning,we notice this,we run outside,we call fire fighters but before that cabin is made out of wood and there is a forrest nearby...now 1 plus 1 always equals 2,so before you get there,without watter sources on our hands,what can we do to prevent fire from reaching the forrest,oh and it's a bit windy outside to make it more easy for the fire,oh and when you do get here and fire is this close to the forrest,what can you technically do,for watter seems insufficient.Thank you!

• Answer:

  You can't do a thing about the embers flying from a fully involved building fire SO what you can do is stomp out the small spot fires that you see. Don't be afraid of small fires your boots will not just burst into flames if you stomp a fire out. A shovel can be used to beat a spot fire out or bury it. IF you are in dense woods with ANY kind of evergreen tree and a tree catches fire IMMEDIATELY leave the area. An evergreen tree will go up in seconds in the right conditions. If its windy stay in the black area left behind by the head fire. If you have a shovel you can try to beat out what you can BUT with a good wind and heavy dry fuel you will not be able to stop the head fire from going where it wants. With all this said use common sense when dealing with any kind of fire. IF IN DOUBT JUST GET OUT OF THE AREA ASAP UNTIL FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVE.