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Fire Ranger Badge
All Requirements necessary: Steps 1-6
| Description: | Trail Life Handbook
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Trail Life Handbook
(Second Printing) |
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| 1. | Explain how the low-impact camping method (See The Trailman’s Handbook) relates to fires and helps fulfill the Trailman Oath to “be a good steward of creation | ||||
| 2. |
Research what the Bible says about fire. |
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| a. | List at least three instances of fire in the Bible. | Read Exodus 3:2, Judges 13:20, Hebrews 12:29, Acts 2:3-4 | |||
| b. |
How is fire a curse and a blessing to mankind? |
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Read Exodus 3:2, Judges 13:20, Hebrews 12:29, Acts 2:3-4. How does God use fire to describe his presence, passion, and purity in the Bible? |
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| 3. |
How did man’s ability to start, sustain, and control fire change the world? |
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| 4. |
Fire safety |
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| a. | Explain the use of buckets, rakes, and shovels in containing a campfire in a certain location. | ||||
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Describe safe places to have a campfire, how to learn local regulations, and how to set up a fire circle. |
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| c. |
Describe safe vs. unsafe clothing near campfires and open flames.
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| d. |
Describe safe vs. unsafe behavior around a campfire. |
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Demonstrate how to put out fire on your clothing, hair, or body. |
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| f. |
Demonstrate safe striking of stick and book matches and safe use of a lighter. |
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| 5. |
Fire materials |
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| a. |
Explain the use and purpose of tinder, kindling, and fuel firewood. |
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| b. |
Explain why wet, green, or ant/vine-covered wood is unsafe and not good for fires. |
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| c. |
Describe several types of fire starters that can be made or purchased. |
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| 6. | Fire building | ||||
| a. | Demonstrate building at least three different fire-lays and explain when you would use each one. | ||||
| b. |
Light one of the fire lays, attend it, and keep it burning. |
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| c. |
When finished with the fire, demonstrate the proper way to extinguish it to dead out. |
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