III. Fire: Heat, Light, Production (What are these and why are they important for life?)
A. Demonstrate minimum impact and conservation/ safety measures
B. Discuss the fire triads and how they are used
C. Discuss the basics of fire building, maintenance and lays
D. Identify usable plants/ woods and materials suitable for fire building and maintenance in various life zones (learn how to use a field guide)
E. Collect, store and prepare a tinder bundle or tinder cache for starting and transporting a fire (cotton and natural)
F. Start a flint and steel fire after preparing your own punk
G. Build a fire by using a primitive method set
a. Bow drill
b. Hand drill
c. Mouth drill
d. Pump drill
e. Fire saw
f. Fire plow
g. Plunger
H. Do any of the above with primitive/aboriginal/survival tools (what are the modern equivalents and how do they differ? (See next plus matches, fuels, etc.)
I. Practice and/or demonstrate any modern fire adaptations
a. Batteries
b. Steel wool
c. Gunpowder
d. Strickers
e. Optics (magnifying glass)
J. Build a tool associated with fire use (see also Tools and Weapons)
a. Fire tongs
b. Fire bundle (wrap)
c. Wooden bowl
d. Blow pipe
e. Cooking pot/ basket
f. Shaft straightener
g. Wooden spoon
h. Torches (cattails and fat)
K. Participate in building the following heating system
a. Steam pit
b. Pottery kiln
c. Sweat Lodge
d. Improvised stove (i.e. oil lamp)
e. Stone oven or horno
f. Chimney draft bed
g. Coal bed
h. Fire pit
L. Assist in teaching fire building and demonstrate skill in troubleshooting techniques
M. Build a fire set and fire from scratch without a knife
N. Use fire to build a tool or fire harden a weapon