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Burning Man Infrastructure

A complete guide to all the physical infrastructure of the Future Turtles at Burning Man. Some pages require you to be logged in. Please log in to the wiki for the full experience.

Afterburner Reports

Annual reports on how things went for the Future Turtles at Burning Man

The Future Turtles Camp

People, teams, and spirit of the Future Turtles

Meetings

Meeting agendas and minutes

Food Team

The Food Team serves hot, delicious and nutritious meals, keeping Turtles sustained on their adventures all across Black Rock City.

Electrical Grid

Burning Man Infrastructure

How we power our camp (and some neighboring camps, too!)

Water

Burning Man Infrastructure

Storage and Logistics

Burning Man Infrastructure

The Food Fort

Burning Man Infrastructure

The glory of towing a commercial-quality kitchen into Burning Man

Camp Bikes

Burning Man Infrastructure

Our camp owns a collection of excellent beach cruisers for getting around playa.

2025

Meetings

Camp prep and organization meeting agendas and minutes for 2025

Camp Design and Architecture

The Future Turtles Camp

What our camp looks like!

2024 Docs (imported from Notion)

Food Team

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2025

Food Team

Docs related to preparation for Burn 2025

DJ and Lighting

Burning Man Infrastructure

Pillow Fort

Burning Man Infrastructure

The Pillow Fort is a (28'?) towed trailer. During Burning Man, it is a comfy, dark, air conditioned spot to hang out in. During the rest of the year, it is used to store much of the camp's other furniture/cushions. 

_Evergreen Docs

Food Team

The Master docs which will be updated, maintained, and grow every year.

On Playa Electrical Grid

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

On playa we rent a large 56 kW (70 kVA) generator that has ample power for our needs and all the camps in our hub. In 2024 we received a Multiquip DCA-70SSIU4F generator: Expand to learn more about big generators at Burning Man Brad Templeton's Guide to ...

Solar and Renewables

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

We often get asked when we're moving to solar power or why we insist on using a big smelly noisy generator when the sun is free, etc. etc. Unfortunately right now there is very little solar equipment available to rent, and what is available to rent, would be ...

Backup Plans

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

In three years running big generators we have had outages and they were always caused by one of two things: Air filter clogged after dust storms. Blowing out the air filter with a leaf blower, or replacing it with a new one, fixed it right up. Fuel running...

Vendors

Burning Man Infrastructure Electrical Grid

Generator World, Inc Provides the rental generator along with distribution boxes and the banded cables connecting it all. Email: generatorworldinc@gmail.com Contact: Shaz Nawaz (307) 461-9318 or Krystal Nawaz (916) 668-0605 They have always provided excell...

Year Round Storage

Burning Man Infrastructure Storage and Logistics

Future Turtles camp gear is stored in six places: Name Description Contents Location* Tool Fort 20' Shipping Container Tools, Utility lighting, Electrical, ShiftPods, Supplies A Bike Fort 20' Shipping Container Bikes and bike tools...

Turtle Truck

Burning Man Infrastructure Storage and Logistics

Quick pick... We rent a truck in San Francisco to make camp possible. It brings bulky camper stuff from San Francisco to and from playa, such as tents, bikes, and black-and-yellow bins. In 2024 we rented a 16' box truck which was not too full so ...

Water, Fresh and Otherwise

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

A summary of camp water and plumbing. Fresh Water Sources Tank Capacity (gal)  Refills Available? Used in 2024 2025 Plans Gayflower Tanks 1990 No 1000 for kitchen454 for showers Expand to 2,330 Build Team RV 176 Yes 251 for bui...

Moving Water in Camp

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

Every year we've been getting better and better at figuring out how to easily move water, clean and dirty, around in the camp. Fresh Water Well Pumps We have two Harbor Freight 1HP Well Pumps. (Manual) - the main one keeps the fresh water system in the Gayfl...

The Kitchen Fort Water System

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

The kitchen fort, delivered in 2023, is a marvel in camp automation, allowing us to bring a commercial-quality working kitchen to playa and start using it without any setup. However, we're still learning about the best way to hook it up to water. Fresh Water ...

Food Fort Pictures

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

Grill, Stove and Oven, Air Conditioner, Handwashing Sink, Dishwashing Sinks, Microwave, Counter space / undercounter freezer, Ice Maker: Looking towards the back and the large walk-in refrigerator: Inside the Walk-In Refrigerator: Propane Tanks and Po...

Technical Details

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

The Food Fort was built by Concession Nation in Florida and delivered on June 14th, 2023. Equipment Schedule This file has a lot of details including model numbers for most of the equipment installed in the trailer: Concession Nation Estimate.pdf Ice Mak...

Reno repair resources

Burning Man Infrastructure The Food Fort

Need something repaired in the food truck? We've found these services in Reno who can come out to the yard and fix things. Major trailer repairs (775) 358-6390Washoe Metal (Jason)order@washoemetal.net Referred by Fixxer for raising the ground clearance Ref...

2022 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

We went home! For the 36 turtles who came to Black Rock City this year, it was an incredible year. The conditions were… hard. Burning Man is always hard, but this year was worse than usual. The weather was hotter. There were more dust storms and whiteouts, w...

2023 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

Best. Year. Ever! Our fourth year, 2023 was the biggest year ever for the Future Turtles. We had the biggest camp and interactive area ever, more campers, more events and interactivity, and more participation than ever! Not gonna lie, it was an interesting y...

2024 Afterburner Report

Afterburner Reports

In 1990 a small caravan of cars containing members of the Cacophony Society, together with Larry Harvey, and a truck with a wooden man in it, pulled off of Nevada 447 into the desert. And when they hit the dry lake bed we call playa, they stopped and got out t...

2025 Water Plan

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

This is the 2025 water plan. It is still preliminary. Camp Layout This year's layout places the Food Fort much closer to the Gayflower, and with its inlets and outlets facing the fire lane. That means pumping between those two locations is closer and Sierra ...

Work Requirements to Camp With the Future Turtles

The Future Turtles Camp

Camping for a week in the harsh Black Rock Desert is tough. We try to make it easier by collaborating to build a beautiful camp, organizing delicious shared meals together, and providing communal gifts to the Burning Man community. The magic of Burning Man is...

Building Camp

The Future Turtles Camp

A typical year for the Build Team, assuming all goes well and there is no weather emergency or space alien invasion or global pandemic or plague of locusts, looks like this: We meet in Reno, NV on Monday the week before Burning Man. In Reno, we do some last m...

2025 Gayflower Wish List

Burning Man Infrastructure Water

Introduction After two years in operation we have a wish list for some improvements and repairs that could be made to the Gayflower. These would have to be done in Empire, NV in the spring. Priority Project Status 5 Urgent Fix Leaks Aroun...

Biking in Black Rock City

Burning Man Infrastructure Camp Bikes

Why biking in BRC? A bike is almost essential at Burning Man because the event takes place in the Black Rock Desert, a vast and sprawling space covering several square miles. Black Rock City is massive, and walking everywhere would take a lot of ...