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Fire

Fire is essential to survival; it improves morale, it is used for cooking, purifying water, keeping warm, and keeping wild animals and insects at bay.

There are 5 main ingredients to a good fire; they must be added to the fire in the correct order so that the fire builds up from a small spark to a healthy roaring campfire.

1. Tinder: The most important part of a fire, as it is essential to starting the fire (unless you have an artificial firestarter.) Tinder can be dead leaves, bark, dry grass, moss, or shelf fungus. Make sure that whatever you use is very dry and in small pieces.
2. Kindling: Once the tinder has caught, you can add dry kindling in the form of small sticks and leaves. Make sure the kindling is bone dry.
3. Small Fuel: When the kindling is burning well, you can add sticks about the thickness of a finger.
4. Main Fuel: Large sticks act as the main fuel; they should be larger than your finger, but easy to break into manageable pieces.
5. Large Fuel: Thick logs are for keeping an established fire going all night. Make sure they are completely burned when you put out the fire.

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