Make a clearing for the fire pit, ideally, on bare dirt.
Create a shallow dish/fire pit into the ground where you have chosen to build your campfire.
Position stones in a circle around the fire pit to keep your fire contained
Gather your Tinder: dry leaves, dry bark, dry glass and any dry twigs
Collect your kindling; dry and dead wood and small dry branches
Stack the kindling in the shape of a tepee over the tinder
Leave a space in the wind’s direction so air can flow!
Ignite your tinder; using Fire-Rod, Storm Matches or lighter.
My DIY Foolproof Fire Starter is the best
Strike fire tinder cards are waxed to cope with low levels of moisture
Keep adding firewood, dry thicker branches / small logs, as the fire burns.
Add greener foliage to create smoke….signalling your position.

When building a fire, remember that smaller fires are more efficient than a large one, offering more controlled and sustainable heat. Gather twice the amount of firewood you think you’ll need because experience teaches that you’ll use more than expected. To conserve fuel, consider building a “star fire,” where large logs meet only at their ends in the fire, allowing you to push them inward as needed.

The StrikeFire, a Ferrocerium fire starter, has become the most dependable means of igniting a fire with sparks, regardless of weather conditions or at altitude. Unlike a box of matches or a cigarette lighter, the StrikeFire is capable of igniting literally thousands of camp fires. At 2,980 degrees Celsius, the sparks from a StrikeFire will ignite a huge range of natural and man-made tinder including gas and petrol camping stoves so you can cook food, boil water, keep warm and sleep safely without worrying about predators.

There’s nothing like sitting by a campfire and watching marshmallows toasting or the evidence burn!

Basic Safety precautions