How to start a camp fire

How To Start A Fire - A Few More Tips
- Collect twice as much firewood as you think you'll need for the night.
- Blow vigorously on the hot coals to restart the flames of a dying fire (and add fuel).
- Spray kindling with insect repellent or other flammable liquids to make it burn more easily.
- Use a large piece of birch bark to shelter a fire if starting it in the rain.
- Wood on the ground is usually wet. Look for standing dead wood or trees and branches that are leaning against other trees or rocks.
- You can break a long piece of wood by inserting the end between two close trees and pushing on the far end. Be careful not to fall when the wood breaks.
- Don't break wood over your knee or by jumping on it. Lean it up on a rock and step on the middle of the piece.
- Unbreakable pieces can be burnt in half in the fire.
- Use a base of green logs or sticks for a fire on the snow.
- If firewood is scarce, use as small a fire as possible, to extend your fuel supply.
- Collect and carry dry tinder in your pocket, in case it is raining when you need to start a fire.
Key Points
1. The best way to learn how to start a fire is to practice.
2. A fire requires tinder, kindling and fuel.
3. A balance of air, heat and fuel is necessary for a fire to burn well.
4. Fire starting without matches or a lighter is very difficult - bring a lighter and matches.

Lighting The Fire
One match or flame should be all that is needed to start the initial fire. Start the fire on the side the wind is blowing from. Protect the flame from the wind with your body and hand. Blow gently on the flames once they are strong, to help them spread to all the kindling. have more tinder and kindling ready, in case the fire threatens to die out. Feed small twigs and other kindling into the fire until it is large enough to take logs or other fuel.
Starting a fire with anything other than a match or lighter is very difficult, by the way. There are many survival techniques for creating a spark, and capturing that spark in tinder, and blowing it into a flame. You may have heard of the "fire plow," bow and drill," and "rock and metal" methods. Try one sometime. Doing so will convince you to always carry matches and a lighter.Camping and backing tips.