It is difficult to imagine a trip to the forest without a fire. To organize it, you need to properly prepare firewood and kindling, as well as choose a place. After all, fire is a life-giving warmth, a means for cooking, a dryer, a lighting device and sometimes even protection from predators. But sometimes a fire can cause significant damage not only to nature.
Necessary
matches; - scapula; - firewood; - kindling
Instructions
Step 1
Before starting a fire, choose a place for it. It is desirable that it be sheltered from rain and wind, away from tents and tree roots. After choosing a place, clear the ground of branches, dry leaves, grass and moss. It is safer to make a fire on old fireplaces, not far from water bodies or on special sites. If you know that there was hostilities in the area, examine the fire site for any unexploded ammunition.
Step 2
Under no circumstances make a fire under the crown of trees, as well as between the roots of trees coming out to the surface. In this case, coniferous trees are especially dangerous, as they are flammable. Do not start a fire among young conifers and dead wood, as well as in areas with dry grass and on placers of stones, where a lot of forest combustible debris accumulates.
Step 3
If there is a strong wind in the forest, dig a small hole in which a fire will be made in the future. You can surround the future hearth with stones (if any), they will help save fuel, as they keep heat for a long time. The stones can be used to warm up a sleeping place, as well as a heating pad for kettles.
Step 4
Choosing the right fuel is very important for building a fire. Dry hardwood firewood does not smoke, and birch wood is too damp. Small and dry brushwood gives a strong flame, but burns out after a couple of minutes. Hornbeam and oak firewood will give excellent heat, such a fire can burn for two hours - an excellent option for cooking. Dried animal droppings, dried wood and peat can also be used as fuel.
Step 5
Lay the collected firewood in the form of a house or hut. Place a kindling material down between the logs - flammable materials. To do this, use resinous chips, dry moss, conifer bark, reeds or special paraffin-based liquids. It remains only to light the kindling with the help of matches, they should be in the backpack of every tourist. A fire of this type is convenient for night lighting and cooking, but it requires a lot of firewood, which must be collected in advance.
Step 6
To maintain the fire, adjust the amount of fuel needed, the size of the gaps between the logs and logs. If you are going to burn a fire all night, it is necessary to appoint a watch for it so that the sleeping people are not in danger. After the end of the campaign, the fire should be carefully extinguished: fill it with water or cover it with sand until the embers and embers disappear completely, stir it up and fill it up again. Wait for it to stop hovering. This is the only way to avoid a forest fire.
