Jan 3 (edited) • AFTER-ACTION REPORTS
December Fire Mastery Challenge AAR
December has been a very active fire month for me. After suffering from a drought and fire ban all summer it was great to have snow on the ground and a valid burn permit.
I burn wood in a wood stove to supplement the heat in our house. During the month I made a point of not using newspaper in the starting process. Yes we buy commercial fatwood form Plow & Harth which I do use but started a fire every afternoon except Christmas Eve with materials that I know how to find in nature and with one exception started the fires with one wooden match.
On the 6th, I started a fire with a ferro rod struck with my flavor-of-the-month knife. This was a fire in the woodstove. More on this below.
On the 7th, I started a fire while out training with our grandson, G-Man, and started a fire in the snow with flint & steel. I used char cloth that came with the tabacco tin, but had char cloth and punkwood available that I should have used under the circumstances. This is one of G-man's next training items - the making of charred material.
On the 22nd, I had run out of birch bark for fire lighting so started making birch curles for the woodstove fires.
On the 28th, I started a fire in the Migizi Wanderer Stove on the training stumps in the back yard.
Lessons: 1. Possum Mentality - I should always pick up birch bark that I find laying on the ground. 2. Be very careful with the ferro rod in the house. I have a new burn scar on the fire rug thanks to the efforts on the 6th. Fire Rug scar and not something more sever. 3. Use fatwood for starting the fire and not as fuel. The pitch makes a real mess on your equipment.
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December Fire Mastery Challenge AAR
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