Identify steps in building a fire.
~Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel ~ Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder ~Use a platform
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“The base is a flat piece of material, usually wood or a nonporous rock (porous rocks contain water and, when heated, can explode). The base is used to keep moisture susceptible tinder and kindling off the wet ground and provides a clear area to skillfully ignite tinder.”
— ATP 3-50.21, Survival (18 September 2018), Ch. 5 Fire, para 5-8 ↗The indexed versions don't agree on this one
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~Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel ~ Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder ~Use a platform
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Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder (correct) Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel (correct) Use a platform (correct)
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Use a platform Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel
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•Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder •Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel •Use a platform by
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1. Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel 2. Use a platform 3. carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder
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