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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.
The creation of sparks from metals is based on the pyrophoricity of small metal particles, and pyrophoric alloys are made for this purpose. [2] Practical applications include the sparking mechanisms in lighters and various toys, using ferrocerium; starting fires without matches, using a firesteel; the flintlock mechanism in firearms; and spark testing ferrous metals.
From the Iron Age forward, until the invention of the friction match in the early 1800s by John Walker, the use of flint and steel was a common method of fire lighting. Percussion fire-starting was prevalent in Europe during ancient times, the Middle Ages and the Viking Age. [3] [6]
Man, Woman, Wild was a cable television reality series which originally aired on the Discovery Channel from July 2010 to January 2012. The show features former US Army Special Forces survival expert Mykel Hawke, and his television journalist wife, Ruth England, who have to survive for a half-week with limited supplies in wild and inhospitable locations around the world.
Fire piston, a.k.a. slam rod fire starter; Charcoal starting devices or substances: Chimney starter, a metal tube used with kindling; Electric charcoal starter, using a heating element; Charcoal lighter fluid, a flammable fluid; A person who starts fires: Arsonist, a criminal who deliberately sets fire to property
The Tulsa Fire Department released a video on YouTube on August 2nd of the dangers of lithium batteries, and it's eye opening. ABC News shared the video on TikTok earlier this week. It starts with ...
Firelighting, the process of artificially starting a fire; Arson, crime of intentionally or maliciously igniting a fire; Pyromania, disorder of pleasure to start fires "We Didn't Start the Fire", song by Billy Joel; Firestarter (disambiguation) Start a Fire (disambiguation)