9d (edited) • AFTER-ACTION REPORTS
Week #4 Challenge: Heat Management AAR
2/2/26 Rochester Backyard Start 3:00 PM Ken Berry, called at 6:00 PM
35 Degrees F. at 3:30 PM peak temperature. Average wind speed 3.5 MPH Dry
27 Degrees F, Wind 5 MPH gusting to 12 MPH, Wind Chill to 24 degrees F. at 4:35 PM, Dry
Shelter Type: SRO Orange & Silver Emergency Shelter with rapid ridgeline
Fire Lay: Elevated Platform with Tepee lay, ferro rod on grass tinder bundle.
Hemlock kindling from the site. Split dried birch as fuel.
Approximately 4 feet in front of the shelter.
The shelter material was reflective, I did not build a fire pit reflector.
The ground insulation was hemlock branches harvested from the adjacent tree, Tyvek sheet, garbage bag, and coat.
Scenario start: 3:00 PM
Shelter complete: 4:00 PM
Fire Ignition: 4:30 PM
Occupy Shelter: 5:45 PM
Done: 6:00 PM Ended due to uncomfortable laying on the ground
I let myself get sweaty processing the firewood. I should have removed the coat much earlier. The shelter worked very well but the hemlock boughs on the floor were way too thin. I harvested what I could from two adjacent trees. The fire worked great and although a little far from the shelter warmed the space. To work overnight it would have required much more ground padding / insulation and I would have needed much more firewood. Much more. The fire dried me out after I took the coat off. I’m sure that the ground would have been the limiting factor. Much more insulation.
I intend to repeat this exercise in a remote location with only the materials in that selected pack.
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Week #4 Challenge: Heat Management AAR
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