Fire being one of the most important parts of survival.
It not a standalone piece of my kit. To me fire falls under "shelter" and "cooking".
If you had to choose three components of your full kit you shouldn't have to choose fire as one as it should be intertwined with other parts of your kit.
Fire has many uses the main ones are:
cooking - cooking your food, boiling water and even smoking foods or the area
signalling - fire can be used to make a smoke signal or other types of signalling
shelter - shelter or warmth. fire can be used to keep you warm on those cold night and insome cases like winter it is the vital for life (winter/snow)
When thinking of building a fire kit it would be wise to keep the rule of threes in mind.
You should try to cover these areas when thinking of starters;
- Flame. - This is any device that you use a direct flame to start the fire. For example lighters, candles and matches. #Start fire with fire.
- Spark. - This is a device that uses sparks in order to light a fire. For example fire steel or magnesium fire starter. #Spark it.
- Random. - Things that you can use to start a fire that don't necessarily fall under normal categories. For example Magnifying glass, air pressure starter or even batteries. #Let your imagination run wild.
- Primitive. - These are devices that you make and were made before modern civilization. They usually require lots of practice as they are not dependable if you skills aren't dependable. For example Bow drill, pump drill and hand drill. #Rubbing sticks together.
The next thing are tinder or kindling.
Of course you can find these things out in the bush but sometimes everything may be wet or you in an urban environment where you cant find anything and you need options.
- Natural. - First we have natural tinder which ca be found while out in the field. For example coconut husk, fat wood, dries grass, small twigs or punk wood. #Feildcraft
- Home. - Then you items that are in your home that lend themselves to the struggle. For example cotton ball with petroleum jelly or even dryer lint. #No place like home.
- Char. - These are things that you char yourself. Like char cloth or char wood or char natural fiber. #Always have that metal tin.
- Commercial. - Any and all commercial items as seen in the supermarket that are made for this task. For example Wet-fire, Live-fire, fire cord or tinder-quick. #just buy it
Also remember that tools are need as well for processing wood.
- Axe/Hatchet
- Knife
- Folding saw
This you-tuber does a seris of 14 days of fire where each day he shows how to start a fire using one method. Here is day 1
And the fire module from the urban prepper (you tuber) - Fire Module
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And remember survival is not a choice but a right earned at birth.
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