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Identify steps in building a fire.

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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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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

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Use a platform Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel

Blood Chit Sere

Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder (correct) Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel (correct) Use a platform (correct)

Jko Direct

•Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder •Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel •Use a platform by

Jko Sere 100.2 Pre Test Answers

1. Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel 2. Use a platform 3. carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder

Score Sere

-Carefully place small, dry kindling over the burning tinder -Prepare adequate amounts of tinder, kindling, and fuel -Use a platform

Sere 100.2 Military Pretest Answers