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Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle , usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature . Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire was important in early human cultural history since the Lower Paleolithic .
Lighting a fire without a lighter or matches, e.g. by using natural flint and metal with tinder, is a frequent subject of both books on survival and in survival courses, because it allows an individual to start a fire with few materials in the event of a disaster.
Alex Tew (born 1984) is a British entrepreneur and the co-founder of the meditation app Calm. He is known for The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, at the age of 21, which earned him more than $1 million in five months.
“And it gets hot, and it gets smoky. You can’t see, you can’t breathe, and you sure as hell can’t defend your home. And then you’re stuck, and then our firefighters have to get in, pull ...
Calm was founded on May 4, 2012, by Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew. [7] Tamara Levitt became the Head of Mindfulness in November 2014 and is one of the app's primary narrators. [8] The company generated $22 million in revenue in 2017 and reached an annual revenue run rate of $75 million. [9] As of 2017, Calm had raised $1.5M in angel investments.
A California couple watched the Eaton Fire destroy their beloved home of 40 years “in the blink of an eye” through a doorbell camera as they fled with just a few cherished items and their dogs.
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Minor or non-severe fire-setting is defined as "accidental or occasional fire-starting behavior" by unsupervised children. [4] Usually these fires are started when a curious child plays with matches, lighters, or small fires. [4] Juveniles in this minor group average at most 2.5 accidental fires in their lifetime.