easy ways to start fires prepping DIY homemade fire starters hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper
if you want to make sure that you're complete with your prepping supplies emergency survival make
sure that you have some very simple ways to start fires here are some very simple ways to
make your own DIY homemade fire starters that are practically free probably things you have
around the house fire starters can be very convenient whether you're trying to start a
campfire a fire pit in your backyard or even the fireplace in your house there are a lot
of reasons besides survival situations SHTF Bug Out Bag that we want to be able to start a fire
so just having the basic fire starting supplies and the basic knowledge how to start a fire is
going to help us have an easier time facing any of our challenges the first easy way to
make a fire starter that's absolutely free get an empty toilet tissue roll stuff it full of dryer
lint and this stuff is going to be flammable it's going to burn up very swiftly pack your
empty cardboard roll full of dryer lint and then you can even take a piece of wax paper wax paper
because it has wax on it is extremely flammable also so you can take the piece of wax paper
roll it around the tube and just twist the ends and there you go light the ends and you've got
a long lasting Fire Starter that's going to work even in wet weather because the wax paper is going
to help protect the insides from getting wet grab a jar of petroleum jelly and you probably have
either cotton rounds or cotton balls then you just open the petroleum jelly dab your cotton
and that's all you have to do you can even rub a bunch of these together store them in a little
Ziploc bag and you can put it with your bug out bag or your outdoor gear so that you're ready to
start a fire if you need to if you don't have petroleum jelly grab a ChapStick or a lip balm
and rub that onto a cotton ball and that's going to work the same way that the petroleum jelly is
going to be great the days of the pandemic are waning so likely you have some hand sanitizer
you can pour one of these right onto a cotton ball and light it on fire and these are great
fire starters as well because they're made out of alcohol don't forget stale chips they're loaded
with oil and they work great as a fire starter scatter them down where you want to start a
fire light them up and there you go your fire is going to be crackling in no time with your stale
chips look for little empty containers Altoids or Tic Tac maybe you can use these to store
some waterproof matches or into an Altoids it's a little larger you could store a whole collection
of DIY homemade fire starters and then they're in an airtight handy sturdy container Altoids tins
are handy for all kinds of little emergency and on-the-go kits everything from a fishing kit to a
sewing kit to a fire starting kit so when you're looking around at things in your home think to
yourself is this useful how can I use it what else could I do with it to help me have an easier time
in a challenging a situation something I always include in My Fire Starting kits is a piece of
aluminum foil you can Fold It Up put it with your fire starters and then if you have wet ground or
it's very cold you can unfold it put say your cotton ball with the petroleum jelly on it onto
the foil then you light it and if the petroleum jelly melts it stays in a pool on the foil and
it will continue to burn it won't run down onto the ground and be lost or get wet that's helped
me many times when I've been starting fires out in wet weather don't forget the actual items that
are going to light the fire you need to have a collection of Lighters matches waterproof matches
all kinds of different feral rods and things if you want the actual survival type gear go ahead
and get some of those as well you need to have a variety of ways to start a fire even if it's just
in your own backyard lighters matches clickers I always call these utility lighters clickers have
a variety of way to start those fire starters and then for example on the strike on the box matches
you have to have this strip you can't light these without the strip is strike on the box there are
two different chemicals that light the match one of the chemicals is on the mat one is on
the strike plate on the box and when you rub them together that's what causes the fire so make sure
if you have strike on the box matches that you keep the strip with it and you keep it dry for
examples stored in a plastic bag to make sure that it stays dry another tip have a sturdy straw and
if your fire just seems to barely be going you can blow some extra oxygen into it and get that
fire starter going that really helps a lot you can puff and puff but sometimes it just seems to blow
it everywhere and with a straw you can concentrate where you want that stream of air to go so these
are just some super easy ways that you can make a fire starting kit you can put it all together
store it in a Ziploc bag put it in a paper box do anything assemble it any way that makes sense to
you but put some things together have it with your bug out gear have some with your survival supplies
and even with your camping gear so that you don't be cut off guard when you're outside and you want
to participate in things like campfires or outdoor cooking you want to have a selection of items that
makes that possible so that your day can continue to go as smoothly as possible if you have other
great easy ways to start fires leave it in the comments below the more ways we learn to take
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