Ah, with what impatience awaiting warm days, fishermen and lovers of long trips are waiting. You can take a backpack and fishing rods and go somewhere far away from your native village, and even more so of the city. But when going on such trips, each traveler should have extraordinary knowledge and skills of lonely pastime away from civilization. Otherwise, a pleasant retirement with fishing rods can turn into a tragedy, sometimes irreparable. So, what should a person who is going on a trip be able to do? First, to orientate on the terrain even at night, and secondly, to provide yourself with the first medical aid. Thirdly, to know and be able to distinguish edible mushrooms and plants from inedible. Well, and of course, know the methods and rules of breeding a bonfire and observe them. And what are these rules, and we will talk today.
How to properly light a fire - prepare a place
According to the rules of breeding a fire, the first thing to do is to prepare a place. If there is already a fireplace on the chosen meadow, then it should be taken as the basis of the future fire, even if it is arranged incorrectly. If there is no fireplace, then the place under the fire should be prepared from scratch. To do this, with an area of a radius of one and a half meters, we remove all the dry vegetation, tall grass, fallen leaves and twigs, rake and sweep any sushnyak. Next, it is necessary to create a protective mineralized ring around the future fire. This is done so. From the center of the cleared place a meter is laid and a circle with this radius is drawn. Then, from the same central point, a radius of one and a half meters is laid and a circle is drawn again. As a result, we have two circles with a distance between their boundaries of half a meter. These half a meter will play the role of a mineralized ring. From this circle we remove the entire top layer together with the plants growing on it, roots and leaf litter. On the bare mineral layer of soil there is nothing to burn, therefore it will be guaranteed to protect the surrounding nature from fire.
What kind of fuel do you need?
Since it is impossible to ignite a fire without firewood, the next step will be the preparation of fuel. For rozzhiga fit only dry branches, leaves and sticks, as well as old moss, growing in neighboring trees. Collected firewood should be folded in the center of the fireplace or in the form of a stack, or in the form of a fan. Over the firewood or under them new twigs and sticks are inserted as the previous ones are burned. This is the so-called feeding of fire. To stack all firewood it is desirable in one direction, so the bonfire will be better and longer to burn. In this regard, the peoples of the far north even have a belief that fire can not eat what is put across the mouth.
How to build a fire, or Mahmud, set fire to
When the place is ready for the fire, logs and incendiary material are stacked, it's time to build a fire. And on this score, too, there are certain rules. First, the fire should not be ignited from the match held in the hand, but from the paper, set on fire, or a smoldering piece of moss. Secondly, during ignition of ignition, hands must be kept above the mineralized ring, and not outside it. And, thirdly, the burned paper or moss should be gently placed on top of the wood or slipped under them, rather than throwing a heap of firewood, as inexperienced novices do. And do not forget from time to time to feed your fire and stir the coals.
Safety during the campfire
Well, to top it all off, we need to tell you how to make a bonfire a safe source of heat and a means of cooking, and not the cause of a cruel tragedy. For this, it is only necessary to adhere to the following simple rules:
- You can breed a bonfire only in an open area in a decent distance from trees and shrubs, and not under the trees.
- It is strictly forbidden to kindle a fire in any coniferous forest, as well as in areas of logging sites, windbreaks, strong airflow, near peat bogs and during high fire risk.
- You can not leave the fire at night, when all the tourists are asleep, and nobody is watching the fire. It can spread to neighboring plants, and people who sleep near the fire can get into the fire.
- You can not sit around the fire late, when already tends to sleep. Heat relaxes, and a tired person can fall asleep, fall into the fire and get severe burns. Yes, and a fire to cause this way, it's not tricky.
Knowing ways how to kindle a fire, and observing the rules given here, you will always be safe, and memories of the journey completed will last for the rest of your life.