Summary: The Prepper Podcast Episode 6: I explain the basics of how to build a fire, some techniques, and tools to make fire with. I discuss: Firebuilding is 80% Prep and 20% Work Different Fire Designs: * TeePee * Great for starting fires * Log Cabin * Best for cooking * Pyramid * Very little attention needed over the night Basic Setup: * Kindling TeePee * What is kindling? Methods for striking the fire: * Lighters * Matches * Magnesium, Flint, and Steel * Steel wool and a 9-volt battery * Hand Drill, Bow Drill, and Drill Press * Cotton and Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) Starting the fire: * Light the Tinder * dried birch and cedar bark * cattails * wax * lint * charcloth (self-made) * moss (dried out) * wood shaving from your knife * or even dried straw and pine needles (which aren’t quite as good) * Place Tinder in the Kindling TeePee * Kindling can be: * small dried branches * small pieces of wood * fuzz sticks (explain) * Place Wood on the kindling The Clever Survivalist Blog Posts that give more information: Fire Building Techniques #2 (http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/15/fire-building-techniques-2-how-to-start-a-fire/) (How to Start a Fire) (http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/15/fire-building-techniques-2-how-to-start-a-fire/) Fire Building Techniques #1 (http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/14/fire-building-techniques-1-how-to-build-the-firepit/) (How to build a fire (http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/14/fire-building-techniques-1-how-to-build-the-firepit/) pit) (http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/14/fire-building-techniques-1-how-to-build-the-firepit/)
