Fire

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Fire is a necessity of life, and fire-lighting is a way of starting a fire and keeping it going for as long as needed. There are many wild materials to light a fire with, all you need to do is look. In order for a fire to burn it needs fuel, oxygen and heat. Fire Keeps you warm, dry and can help to cheer you when you are in a survival situation.

Types of Tinders

To have the knowledge of the different tinders can mean either having a fire or not having one. Fire is so important in the wild as it will keep you warm, dry, it cleans water, deters bugs and crawlies and nothing beets warming food and drink cooked on the fire it also is a good comfort when in a bad situation...

You will need three main types of tinder to light a fire. You will have to collect these tinders before you start your fire...

There is the tinder. I usually keep this in a small tin box and take it whenever I go into the wild. It keeps the tinder dry and safe at all times. If you are working in wet conditions ( and don't have a tinderbox) make sure you find plenty of tinder and and dry it out in your pockets while doing other work. Your body heat will warm and dry the tinder so that it will be ready for lighting. Tinder can be found anywhere. You could use: Honeysuckle bark, you could make and use feather sticks, cotton wool, charred cloth, sheeps wool and anything feathery and easy to light. 

Next comes the Kindling. This is twigs and sticks measuring roughly the length of your hand and ranging from anything up to the thickness of your fingers. These will have to be dry otherwise it will be almost imposible to keep the fire going. It is one acheivement to light a fire but it another challenge all together to keep it going. Once these have caught alight then you may move unto:

The Main Fuel. These are logs and branches ranging from fingerthick to handthick. These should be in good supply and by this time the fire should hot enough to burn wet wood. If you make a fire in this order then after a bit of practice you will be able to light and keep a fire...