When I Saw Just How Easy It Is To Make A Roaring Fire Using Old Straws, I Put A Bunch In My Bug Out Bag. Not Only Is This Cool, But Straws Are Life Saving! It’s always a good idea to have a few fire starting tricks up your sleeves, especially if you find yourself…
Making Gel Fuel Out of Hand Sanitizer is Easier Than You May Think…
Fuel Is Expensive To Replace, So Why Not Have A Backup Plan? It Turns Out Hand Sanitizer Is Not Only Practical To Prevent Disease, But Can Be Used To Create Fuel! Here’s How: Many preppers are stocking up on various forms of fuel to be ready for anything. That includes gel fuel for gel fuel…
Check Out This Incredible Trick on How to Start a Fire Using Only a Small Item – I Was Blown Away!
This Item Is Weightless But Very Powerful. Learn How To Use This Guitar Accessory As A Fire Starting Aid And Add It To Your Bug Out Bag Pronto. There are about a million ways to start a fire, some easier than others. It’s easy to make a fire from remarkable materials, and this video proves…
Starting a Fire Using Only a Bottle and Water?! Find Out How This Can be Done…
With Only A Clear Plastic Bottle And Water, You Can Start A Fire! Sound Too Easy? Check Out This Insanely Easy Way To Get The Survival Fire You Need… After getting shelter, fire is an immediate concern in a survival situation or SHTF moment; if you have the time and are not in danger from…
Understand the Science Behind Matches and Using the Chemical Reaction in Your Favor
Matches are an important part of every survival kit, and any Boy Scout worth his salt will tell you that the real judge of fire starting skills lies in the ability to be able to light a fire with just one match. While you may run out of fuel for your lighter, as long as…
Find Out Why a Pine Tree is Invaluable to Your Survival
As a prepper, you know that the wilderness is full of natural supplies that you can use to your advantage. You never know when you might get stranded without your bug out bag, which means you may need to hike to your bug out cabin and possibly even spend the night without a thing besides…
When I Heard About This Fire Starter Trick That Extends the Life of a Fire, I Put This Item in My Bug Out Bag Right Away!
When faced with a survival situation and you’re stuck out in the wilderness where it happens to be raining or foggy, it’s hard to get a fire started let alone keeping it going. A fire is what you need to make sure you stay warm, can cook food, and not freeze at night after the…
Stay Alive During the Winter by Learning These Essential Bushcraft Fire Techniques
Picture yourself out in the show in the wilderness, and you need to make a fire. Now, snow is wet, which is obvious. So how can you get kindling together to build a fire without all of the moisture surrounding you getting in the way? And we have to ask other questions like are there…
This ‘Fat Guys’ Fire Start is Mind Blowing! Learn How to Master it HERE!
Want to build a fire? We are back once again with the host of “The Fat Guys” and this time, we are talking about starting a fire. No doubt we’ve seen many articles and videos like this on fire-starting, but this one is a bit unusual (in a good way) and will last for hours!…
You’ll Never Guess What You Can Use as Fire Tinder Suggested by ‘The Fat Guys’
Finding tinder for a campfire is an on-going quest for a lot of survivalists. At first, it sounds simple to find timber. What does a forest have that you can’t use? The forest has many things to use as tinder… that is if it hasn’t rained. It’s amazing how hard tinder is to come by…
Why a Fireplace Should be Properly Maintained Throughout Winter
Homesteaders have known for centuries what a good, well-maintained fireplace can mean to a growing family. It not only provides warmth for the cold winter nights but, it can also cook food! Of course, this day and age we get warmth from other things, including the gas oven — which prepares our food — and…
Starting a Fire With Chocolate and an Aluminum Can?! Yes, it Can be Done!
Just think, that can of thirst quenching Coke© and bar of sweet Hershey’s© chocolate are not just a terrific late night snack but can also save your life! All you have to do is picture yourself outside, taking a brisk hike, and then all of a sudden you find yourself lost! Maybe you are a…
Check Out This Fire Hack You Can Depend Just by Using a Firesteel!
A firesteel is an excellent way to ensure you always have the ability to start a fire provided you have tinder that can ignite from just a spark. For some, it is as fail-safe as using other fire starters, including lighters; if you know how to use a firesteel, you can create a fire in…
[VIDEO] How to Build a ‘Long Fire’ That’ll Keep You From Freezing at Night
Most of us know how to build a camp or survival fire for immediate heat, cooking and purifying water. For a long, cold night, however, that type of fire, while great for centralized, immediate heat is awful at burning through the night and providing adequate heat to ward off the elements. One answer to that…
[VIDEO] Using an Empty Butane Lighter to Start a Fire – This is a Must See!
Being able to create a fire is paramount in a survival or SHTF moment, and most of us have several types of fire-starters in our survival kits and bug-out bags. One of those methods is the butane lighter. In most situations, survival or no, butane lighters are the quickest and most reliable way to ignite something…
Knowing How to Start a Fire is Critical to Your Survival!
When facing a survival situation, fire is one of your major priorities, especially if you are in a cold weather scenario. Use fire to warm you, cook and purify water, as a signal, as a comfort and in a pinch, as a weapon. It is almost as important as shelter, depending on the environment you…
[VIDEO] How To Ignite A Survival Fire With Urine
We all know that fire is one critical element to any survival situation – you need it to keep warm, cook food, provide comfort at night, even scare off critters or keep them at bay. This is one of those “tricks of the trade” you probably will never have to use, but it is good…
[VIDEO] Starting A Fire Without Matches Or A Lighter In Survival
In the best of circumstances, if you find yourself in a survival situation away from home, you have a survival kit that has all the tools you need to make it through. Among those tools are numerous ways to start a fire. If you do not have more traditional ways of starting a fire –…
Wet Weather Fire Techniques you Must Learn
One of the toughest survival skills is learning how to make a roaring fire every time you need to do so. When you are facing wet or damp weather, that task becomes all the more difficult. As many people know, there is nothing worse than spending a cold night with no fire and that reality…
(Video) The Dakota Fire Hole (Why We Need to Learn How to Make One)
If you have ever tried to make a fire when the conditions are very windy or if you need an extremely hot fire that uses less wood and is hard to see, the Dakota fire hole is just the thing for you. In a survival situation or SHTF moment, any of those benefits make the…