Starting a Fire with One Match

Rod Slattum, Phoenix Reforestation, Inc., shows local Philomath High School students how to gather and arrange native plant fuels to start a fire with one match. Bald Hill, Benton County, Oregon, March 30, 2004.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Rod
• Slattum
• fire
• fuel
• pitch-wood
• moss
• Bald
• Hill
• Benton
• County
• Oregon
• Douglas-fir
• match

[ORWWmedia]

@TubeDude241 Thanks for the clarification! Yes, it's true that anyone CAN start a fire with one match, but almost everyone needs instruction (and practice) in order to do so. There's a reason over 1,000 people have watched this video!

[TubeDude241]

It's true i have not done much camping and have lost some of my memories from previous fires. I imagine i was getting somewhat cocky and thinking i was one of the best fire starters or fire lighters because i didn't remember truely how hard it was, so that is where "anyone can start a fire with one match" came from. But you still have to remember i said anyone CAN start a fire with one match. With the "Honestly" and "kinda pointless" parts, that was just my jerk side, sorry.

[ORWWmedia]

@TubeDude241 I take it you haven't done much camping in the woods. Hardly anyone I've ever met can successfully start a fire with a single match -- at least w/o such aids a kerosene or dry paper. This isn't about "lighting" a fire, it is about "starting" a fire. (If you're just trying to be funny, then test your theory with a wet match, or one that has already been used.)

[TubeDude241]

Honestly, anyone can light a fire with one match, so this video is kinda pointless.

[ORWWmedia]

Fine, thank you. How are you?

[Oslosfantasi]

har du det bra?