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File:Tent 7.jpg|'''Step 6:''' If you can safely reach them, close the hook-and-loop loops along the top of the frame to help keep the canopy secure. | File:Tent 7.jpg|'''Step 6:''' If you can safely reach them, close the hook-and-loop loops along the top of the frame to help keep the canopy secure. | ||
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=== Pop-Up Shelter Accessories === | |||
Each canopy should include a number of accessories located in the cache: | |||
* Four white sidewalls, which are helpful for keeping the wind and rain out of the shelter. | |||
* Stakes (usually located in a small pocket on the side of the shelter bag), for securing the shelter down if deployed on soil. | |||
* Sandbags to help the canopy resist wind. A significant wind gust will turn the canopy into a sail and volunteers should use the weight bags if they expect any wind. Sandbags are not as effective as water weights, but sandbags are easier to store and more versatile in what you can put in them to add weight (i.e. gravel or rocks if sand is not available). | |||
