FIRE MODULE

Fire is a vital part of emergency preparedness and survival. It is used for providing warmth, cooking food,
boiling water, signaling, morale and more. There are multiple methods for starting a fire without special equipment
that can be purchased, which is an important survival skill to have. However, it is so much easier and quicker to use
a designated fire starting tool like a match or a lighter. In this Fire Module, I applied “The Rule of Three” to both the
fire starters and the tinder. I wanted to have three different methods for starting fire and three different tinder
options for redundancy purposes. It is common for methods to fail when actually needed. Since fire starting gear is
fairly lightweight and small, I think it is a good idea to also have a backup stored outside of the module itself (e.g.,
stored elsewhere in a backpack), just in case the fire kit were to get lost.

ITEM TYPE PRICE COMMENTS

BIC Lighter, Orange
Coghlan's
Waterproof Matches
Cotton Balls in
Petroleum Jelly
Kroo Orange NYLON
Universal Digital
Camera Case Storage
Live Fire Original
Emergency Fire
Starter
UST BlastMatch Fire
Starter, Orange
UST Wet Fire Tinder
Fire Cheap, affordable and works well, even after being stored for an
Starter $1 extended period of time. Not very wind efficient.
Fire Works while wet. Affordable when purchased in bulk (less the $1
Starter $1 each). Wood match can assist as tinder.
The most affordable fire tinder that is also very effective. Highly
Tinder N/A recommended. I store mine in an Altoids Tin. Avoid getting wet!
This storage cube is in the color ORANGE which is the color I
designate for "Fire" based on my video called "The Color of
Prepping". This is to help make it easy to find my Fire Module
$12 based on color association alone.
A little pricey, but I feel it works the best out of all tinders I have
tested (e.g., burn time, effectiveness when wet, etc). After
Tinder $9 reviewing it, I just had to include one in my BOB.
I love this fire starter! It throws out a TON of sparks. The thickness
Fire should allow it to last for a long, long time. It is surprisingly light
Starter $15 weight.
This tinder works surprisingly well when wet. I purchase these in
Tinder $1 a pack of 8-12 and include a cube in various kits.