Fire Building
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Description
Build different types of fires
Resources
https://cms.scouts.org.uk/media/3590/building-a-fire-activities.pdf
Kindling of different types both man made and natural e.g man made (Cotton wool, lint from tumble dryer, fire lighters cotton wool soaked with Vaseline) natural Daldinia Concentrica,
also known as crampballs, wood shaving , bark dry holly leaves.
wood collected from the area
Stones to create a circle around the fire to prevent it spreading.
Instructions
Talk to the Scouts about fire safety and ask question to check their understanding.
Set the scouts the task to scavenged appropriate wood to create their wood pile
then set them the task of creating one of the following fires
Ground fire with a tower
Star fire
Reflector Fire etc
Tags
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Badge Links
- Outdoors - Campfire
- Survival Skills - Fires