Fire: Stage 4. Fuel

A section in Chapter 1 of the book:
Prep Lists for Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking

Fuel provides the long-term combustion in your campfire.

• Softwood: minimum three to five square feet per hour
• Hardwood: minimum one to two square feet per hour

TIP: Break up all of your fuel into one to two-foot lengths BEFORE you light your campfire. Wedging branches between two tree trunks that are a few inches apart gives you the leverage to do this quickly and easily—without any additional tools.

Medium Fuel

This includes branches and split wood about an inch thick.

• Produces quick cooking coals
• Perks up a fire that is waning
• Dries out larger, damper fuel

Large Fuel

This is wrist to arm-sized wood—especially hardwoods.

• Burns slowly
• Throws lots of heat
• Produces long-lasting coals

Huge Fuel

Big logs—more than a few inches thick—burn or smolder for many hours, rarely burn up completely, and are difficult to fully extinguish. Most experts recommend not using these unless you will be at the same site for multiple days—or when needed for survival.

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