It is very important to ensure safety and efficiency when burning rice straw and stalks. Here are some steps and suggestions to help you speed up the burning process and ensure safety: ### 1. Preparation- **Understand local regulations**: Before starting the burning, understand the local regulations and restrictions on burning agricultural waste. - **Choose appropriate weather**: Choose a day with low humidity and moderate wind speed for burning to reduce the risk of the fire getting out of control. ### 2. Clean up the site- **Clean up the burning area**: Remove nearby combustibles such as grass, branches, etc. to prevent the fire from spreading. - **Draw a safety boundary**: Dig fire trenches around the burning area or cultivate the land with tillage equipment to prevent the flames from spreading. ### 3. Sorting and baling- **Sorting rice straw and stalks**: Group rice straw and stalks and try to gather dry rice straw together for easy ignition. - **Balling or stacking**: Baling rice straw and stalks into small balls or stacking them into small piles will help to concentrate the burning and improve efficiency. ### 4. Ignition and burning - **Use combustion-supporting materials**: You can use some combustion-supporting materials (such as dry leaves, paper, etc.) to quickly ignite rice stalks and straw. - **Gradual ignition**: Start ignition from the downwind side and gradually spread to the upwind side. ### 5. Monitor the fire - **Monitor the fire at all times**: Keep monitoring the fire to ensure that the flames do not get out of control. It is best to have someone else to assist in observation. - **Prepare fire-fighting equipment**: Prepare fire extinguishers, sprinklers or other fire-fighting equipment at the burning site so that accidents can be dealt with quickly. ### 6. Fire extinguishing and cleaning - **Completely extinguish the flames**: After the burning is over, make sure that all remaining flames and embers are completely extinguished, and they can be extinguished with water. - **Clean up the site**: Clean up the remaining ashes after the burning to avoid subsequent impacts on the land. ### 7. Consider environmental protection - **Reasonable use of ashes**: The ashes after burning can be used as fertilizers. Applying them to the soil in appropriate amounts will help improve the soil. By following the above steps, rice stalks and straw can be burned more safely and efficiently. At the same time, safety should always be the premise to avoid possible fire risks.