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The ability to create and sustain fire is an essential safety requirement in a survival situation. Fire provides warmth when environmental conditions cause body heat to start dropping below safe limits. Fire provides the ability to sterilize food and items for safer consumption and use. Fire also provides some levels of safety at night from wild animals or ability signal one’s location. The ability to create fire has served as one of the core differentiators between humans and the rest of the animal kin
I wanted to ensure that for my bug out bag (BOB) my ability to generate fire could be accomplished via multiple and variable ways. I also wanted to ensure that the BOB had fire generation capabilities ranging from immediate emergency, worst case need to long term sustainment. The two largest factors that influence these capabilities are moisture and wind. Both of which in excessive quantities can be detrimental to being able to generate and sustain a good fire. Consequently, two key legs of the fire tri
Making a fire is as much art as it is science. There are a plethora of ways to make fire. They key is finding the way that is most successful for you and the situation – which requires trial and practice. This is why I have such a range of items to generate fire. Also, fuel sources are generally plentiful and many. I paired down the list to just what I thought best to pack, with the expectation that majority of combustible material could be scavenged.
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