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64 lines
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A few notes from a lecture on fire building.
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Items for use as tinder (must be completely dry)
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Birch Bark
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Shredded inner bark from cedar, shestnut, red elm trees
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Fine wood shavings
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Dead grass, ferns, moss, fungi
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Straw
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Sawdust
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Very fine pitch wood scrapings
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Dead evergreen needles
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Punk (the completely rotted portion of dead logs or trees)
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Evergreen tree knots
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Bird down (fine feathers)
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Down seed heads (milkweed, dry cattails, bulrush, Cananda thistle, goldenrod,
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dandelion)
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Fine dried vegtable fibers
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Spongy threads of dead puffball
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Dead palm leaves
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Skinlike membrane lining of bamboo
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Lint from pocket and seams
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Charred cloth
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Waxed paper
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Outer bamboo shavings
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Gunpowder
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Cotton
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Lint
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Items to be used as kindling (must be completely dry)
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Small twigs
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Small strips of wood
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Split wood
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Heavy cardboard
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Pieces of wood removed from the inside of larger peieces
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Wood that has been doused with highly flammable materials such as gasoline,
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oil, or wax.
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Items to be used as fuel
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Dry standing wood and dry dead branches
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Dry inside (heart) of fallen tree trunks and large branches
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Green wood that is finely split
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Dry grasses twisted into bunches
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Peat dry enough to burn (this may be found at the top of undercut banks)
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Dried animal dung
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Animals fats
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Coal, oil shale, or oil sand lying on the surface
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Characteristics of various woods
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Ease of Cooking Imparted
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Species Starting Qualities Sparks Smoke Flavors
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Apple Difficult Excellent Few Little Excellent
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Ash Fair Good Few Little Good
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Aspen Fair Fair Moderate Little Good
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Beech Difficult Good Few Little Good
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Birch Easy Fair Moderate Moderate Good
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Cedar Easy Poor Many Many Bad
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Cherry Difficult Excellent Few Little Excellent
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Elm Fair Poor Few Heavy Bad
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Fir Easy Poor Many Heavy Bad
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Hickory Difficult Excellent Moderate Little Excellent
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Locust Difficult Excellent Few Little Good
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Maple Difficult Excellent Few Little Excellent
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Oak Difficult Excellent Few Little Good
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Pine Easy Poor Many Heavy Bad
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Spruce Easy Poor Many Heavy Bad
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Sycamore Difficult Poor Moderate Heavy Bad
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