So now you have all Medical emergencies, you have shelter, and now you have water, now lets worry about Fire, Signal, and Rescue. The reason this is all clustered together is that fire is the source or one of the best signals of all, That is Smoke. Smoke can be seen for miles and miles. For example, recently I spotted thick white smoke I figured a field was on fire (Very common here where I live). I was watching the news later and found out the smoke was over 10 miles away! And in a different county too! Now lets get started. Things needed for a fire tinder, kindling, and logs.
Tinder, dry highly combustible material. Such as,
Pocket lint, Seriously.
Dry leafs.
Dry grass.
Dry moss.
Also you can find a birch tree and cut off some bark, then use s knife and shave off a large pile the inner tree.
Kindling. Larger combustible items.
Twigs.
Dry bark.
Etc.
Then logs.
Preferably already dead( No not because I’m a frikkin hippie, Because there already dry.)
Then living logs.
Now for the smoke. If the sky is Grey, Grey smoke is going suck isn’t it?
So here.
Grey sky, black smoke.
Blue sky, Thick black smoke.
Black sky (like nighttime) Grey smoke
For black smoke use green leafs.
For Grey smoke use dead stuff, Like a large pile of tinder.
For thick black smoke use some sort of rubber. (Carry an old busted bicycle inner tube.)
Now keep a pile of green leafs, dead leafs and grass, and the rubber all near the fire, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE OR IT WILL CATCH FIRE PREMATURE AND RUIN YOUR CHANCES.
Types of fire pits.
Tepee, think about it. A decent sized pile of tinder under a tepee of 6 or 8 twigs under a tepee of 6 or 8 logs. This is my favorite type of pit.
The desperate pit. Aka a bunch of tinder, kindling, and logs all mixed together inside a rock ring. I wouldn’t advise this, as it can get out of control.
The layers. Another good one. Inside your rock ring, lay 4-6 sticks horizontal then 4-6 vertically, repeat until about an inch under the lowest level of any rock in the ring.
Some flammable stuff you may (should) have with you.
Banana boat spray sunblock. Really test this out outside one day.
Off bug spray, some types work others don’t.
Etc, check the warning label.
ALSO DON’T COOK MEAT OVER THE FLAMES UNTIL ITS NOTHING BUT LOGS, OTHER WISE THE MEAT WILL ABSORB THE SPRAY AND POISON YOU.
Fire Starters. Always carry 4 or more!
Bic Lighter, always. I carry 2!
Matches. I really don’t like them but I carry them anyway. Put them in a water proof match safe (Google the if you don’t know what they are.)
Flint and steel. Nifty little things, produce a shower of sparks to ignite tinder.
Magnesium fir starter. Shave off a nickel sized portion of magnesium, then using the back of the blade, strike it down the striker portion of the starter.
Fresnel lens, similar to the Magnifying glass on an ant, accept the glass is a Fresnel lens and ants are the tinder.
Things that really don’t work.
Chocolate polishing a can.
Ice as a Fresnel lens.
Mixing chemicals, yes I know some work but I saw a website telling you chemicals that make MUSTARD GAS with another telling you a mix that makes a ACID THAT EATS YOUR SKIN. So don’t even mess with it unless you’re a chemist major.
Other signaling devices.
Signal mirror. If you don’t know, GOOGLE IT NOW these things are awesome.
CELL PHONE these save a lot of lives daily. Get one and carry it ALWAYS and always have a FULL CHARGE.
Whistle. Get a good silver or nickel one. These can be herd from a long ways away.
Flashlight. LED recommended, have a good one with 2 refills on the batteries, as well as one of those shake up ones.
Morse code, learn it and carry a copy (Waterproof) in your Bug Out Bag. You can use a flashlight, whistle, etc to signal.
Rescue. If you see or hear any of the following, grab one of the piles of leafs or tube, get it on the fire and start blowing your whistle.
See or hear planes or helicopters, your more likely to see a helicopter too.
See or hear people. But be careful with people as they may not be looking for you and make harm you or even worse.
See or hear a car, same as above though.
