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How to build Campfire
A campfire is very important when staying in the great outdoors. Here are some tips and techniques to build a campfire, including safety defense. Camping is fun, but it is not without its challenges. If you came prepared, it will be much easier, but if you have forgotten some little important items for your trip, you could be in some sort of trouble. It is not a hard to build a campfire if you have all the right components such as dry wood, small limbs, paper and matches or a lighter. But when one or more of these items are missing, building a fire can be very difficult.
Before starting a fire, ensure you follow certain safety rules. First thing is never throw gasoline or other flammable fluids on a fire. The fire can blow outwards, burning skin and catching clothes on fire. Second thing is clear a space of about six feet, all the way around the planned fire spot to prevent the fire accident, once the fire started, from ending. If it is a grassy area, remove the grass and build the fire on the dirt. And also be sure to completely quench any fire or hot coals before leaving from that area.
There are certain ways that you can assemble the sticks and other fire catching materials which will help to get the flames going quicker. A good way to begin a fire is to stack firewood or small, dry sticks in a teepee type arrangement. Place paper inside the teepee, and then light the paper with a match box or lighter. The teepee set-up allows air to flow under and between the firewood, starting the fire more quickly.
Another method to get a fire going well is to place two woods, about a foot apart, on the ground. Lay smaller sticks on top of the two woods, about three to four inches apart. Place paper or pieces of dry bark between the two large logs, under the small sticks. As the fire begins, start laying more sticks in a cross pattern on top of the other sticks which is burning.
Sometimes there is no paper to help start the fire. In such situation, you can gather dry leaves and small pieces of sticks to help start the fire. Another thing that helps is to pull out any loose threads from clothing. Thread catches fire quickly, and so does pure cotton fabric. Cotton balls and wool will also catch fire rapidly.
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