Starting a fire

Experienced campers know how to start a fire without a lighter or matches, but do you ? When lost in the wilderness, being able to make a fire can be a lifesaver, both to signal your location and to use for warmth and cooking.

Starting a fire

Starting a fire

Related posts:

PS Family Disaster Plan (4)
If disaster strikes, Remain calm and Patient. Put your plan into Action.Check for injuries and give first aid and get help for seiously injured people.Listen to your battery powered radio for news and instructions. Evacuate, if advised to do so. Wear protective clothing and sturdy shoes.
SAS 010 - Water
Plants often trap water in cavities. Old, hollow joints of bamboo fill up with water; shake them - if you hear water, cut a notch at the base of each joing and tip the water out. 
SAS 101 - Knots
Triple Bowline: A bowline made with a twofold line. Structure a circle, pass copied exist close through circle, betraying standing part and trust through circle. This produces 3 circles which could be utilized for supplies haulage, or as asit-sling or lifting saddle with one circle adjust every thigh and the different adjust the midsection. 
SAS 013 - Climate & Terrain
Survival can also be obtained from the Decidous Forests, The Temperate Grasslands, Mediterranean regions, Tropical Forests, Savannahs. Be guided by the constellations and travel by night without depending much on the compasses as they are very unreliable. 
SAS 142 - First Aid & CPR
For Infants and Children, Use less pressure and more compressions. For a baby or toddler, light pressure with two fingers is enough at 100 compressions per minute. Depress chest only 2.5 cm. Give 5 compressions to one lung inflation.
SAS 042 - Arctic & Desert Plants
Water is vital to desert survival. Learn water Bearing plants. Eat only  if you have water. Some of the water filled edible plants are barrel cacti, Prickly pears. Cut away spines, peel and cook tender young pads. Roast seeds for flour. Tap stems for water. Beware very prickly. 
SAS 085 - Fire
Firelighting with Chemicals: The mixture containing Potassium Chlorate and sugar, Potassium permanganate and sugar and sodum chlorate and sugar are the perfect mixtures for the Camp Craft.
PS Family Disaster Plan (6)
Learn the types of natural disasters in your region. Local Emergency management or civil denense officials can identify which disasters are most liekly to hit your community.Identify which human-caused or technological disasters can affect your region
SAS 128 - Sea Survival & Fishing
The survival at sea is vulnerable to shark attack. Ocean sharks are not usually ferocious when food is plentiful. Most are cowards and can be scared off by the jab of a stick, especially on the nose. However, makinga commotion may attract sharks. Sharks feed off the ocean bottom, but hungry sharks will follow fish to the surface and into shallow water.
SAS 056 - Animal Trapping
A Paiute deadfall, comprising of several extended stays, in addition to a much more limited stay, plus a rope or strand material taken from the shrubbery to interconnect the much more limited stay (some of the time called get stay or trigger stay) with one of the longer stays, in addition to a rock or different large protest. 
SAS 034 - Edible Plants
Nuts acts a very good source of food. Nuts supply proteins and fat. Some of the Nutty food are Pine, Walnut, Pistachio, Oak, Hazel.
SAS 029 - Food
Gathering plants is one of the tedious tasks to identify place for food. Gather plants systematically. Take a container on foraging trips to stp the harvest being crushed, which makes it go off. 
SAS 093 - Camp Tools
Camp tools that are used in the camp craft are the Stone Tools, BOne tools, the axes.
SAS 129 - Sea Survival, Rescue & Signalling
Making a Land Fall: When approaching land, select a landing point where it will be easy to beach or swim ashore. Take down the sail; the sea anchor will keep you pointing at the shore and will slow down your progress. Steer away from rocks.
SAS 017 - Judging Terrain
As you descend a terrain, it is difficult to see what is below. Try moving along a spur to see what is below. That far side of a valley will give you an idea of what's on your side. The ground can fall steeply between a distant slope and a foreground bluff. 
SAS 153 - First Aid, Emergency Childbirth & Bites
Dangers from infection is the main risk. Anti-tetanus shots and rabies vaccine should be obtained before travelling. Rabies is untreatable without vaccine and almost always fatal.
SAS 160 - Natural Medicine
Image shows some of the plants which may be of use, but lacking accurate data on medicinal plants you will do better to take medicineswith you. Never experiment with plants you cannot positively identify.
SAS 135 - Rescue & Signalling
Information Signals: If you abandon camp leave clear direction markers to indicate your route. Continue to make them, not only for people to follow but to establish your own route as a guide if you start going back on your trail