FIRE START How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these fire start tutorials to learn all about fire start with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Put together a good fire starting kit, Identify fatwood for fire starting, and Make fire starters with lint and soap.

You'll also find several great disaster preparation tutorials in the Disaster Preparation category.

How to put together a good fire starting kit

Put together a good fire starting kit

This is an instructional video on how to put together a fire starting kit. The kit includes everything from a lighter to fatwood. The ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 2,181

How to identify fatwood for fire starting

Identify fatwood for fire starting

This is a short video to help in identifying a fatwood stump. Fatwood is what happens when a tree dies a sudden death, and the roots ...more

B+ 3:24
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,354

How to make fire starters with lint and soap

Make fire starters with lint and soap

Make fire starters that can be used when camping, fishing, or any other outdoor activity involving fire...or just for use in your home ...more

B+ 1:18
Curated 2 years ago by bird crick | Comments 2
Views 3,619

How to identify tinder fungus for fire starting

Identify tinder fungus for fire starting

This is a short video showing what tinder fungus is, what to look for, and how it is used. Tinder fungus is nice to have because it does ...more

B+ 1:49
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 3,524

How to use a fire piston to start fires

Use a fire piston to start fires

This video will tell you all you need to know to get that fire of yours started using an aluminum fire piston. Never leave home without ...more

B 8:42
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 3
Views 4,898

How to make mini chemical fire starters

Make mini chemical fire starters

Harness the power of the classic potassium permanganate and glycerin reaction to make very effective miniature chemical fire starters ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by rmansur | Comments 2
Views 9,833

How To Start a Charcoal Fire With a Chimney Starter

Start a Charcoal Fire With a Chimney Starter

The goal is to start a charcoal fire without using lighter fluid or other petroleum based fuels. This is to avoid unpleasant taste to the ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 209

How to use a car battery and wire wool to start a signal fire

Use a car battery and wire wool to start a signal fire

Lost in the wilderness? Did you forget your emergency personal ...more

A- 1:57
Curated 1 year ago by Amie Coué Arbuckle | Comments 0
Views 1,201

How to start a fire with steel wool and a battery

Start a fire with steel wool and a battery

Forget the sticks and drop the matches, Joe Kelley shows you the easiest way to start a fire in the woods: steel wool and a battery. All ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by colin | Comments 1
Views 2,290

How to start a fire with a battery

Start a fire with a battery

Strike a fire with a battery. "Sticks and stone may brake your bones, but they will take forever to start a fire!" This is a good video if ...more

B 1:10
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,780

How to start a fire with firesteel and petroleum jelly balls

Start a fire with firesteel and petroleum jelly balls

Learn to survive in the outdoors or in case of a disaster by watching ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 6,819

How to use a magnesium fire starter

Use a magnesium fire starter

This is how to use a magnesium fire stick. Steps: 1. Using the back of your knife scrape small pieces of magnesium into a pile the size of ...more

B- 0:48
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,386

How to start a fire with a magnesium fire starter

Start a fire with a magnesium fire starter

By scraping a magnesium fire starter with a blade, you can create a spark to start a flame. This is basically the same idea as flint ...more

C 1:14
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,448

How to make char cloth to start emergency fires

Make char cloth to start emergency fires

Jason shows you in this video tutorial, how to make char cloth to start emergency fires. Making your own emergency fire-starting material ...more

A 7:18
Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 1
Views 4,190

How to start a fire in the snow

Start a fire in the snow

These are some tips in case you get lost in the snow. Les Stroud explains how to use stuff around you and from your car to stay warm and ...more

B 2:31
Curated 2 years ago by kglen | Comments 0
Views 432

How to start fires with bamboo Army style in Afghanistan

Start fires with bamboo Army style in Afghanistan

Operation fire-saw. The British Army use tips from Bushcraft ...more

B 4:03
Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 0
Views 2,610

How to start a fire using potato chips

Start a fire using potato chips

Did you know that there is enough fat and oil in most chips that they can be lit on fire? See how a potato chip (or similar chip) can be ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by cwiltz | Comments 16
Views 79,586

How to start a fire with a magnifying glass

Start a fire with a magnifying glass

Follow along with the steps in this how-to video and find out how a magnifying glass can be used to start a fire. 1. Crumble a few leaves ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 666

How to start a fire in a fireplace

Start a fire in a fireplace

Longing for the coziness of a fire? Follow these tips for a safe and successful experience. You Will Need * A fireplace * An axe * ...more

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Curated 2 months ago by Howcast | Comments 0
Views 273

How to start a fire using water

Start a fire using water

Start a fire using water. It is a pretty cool trick. This guy takes a couple of goofy household chemicals and creates a powder that ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
Views 2,937

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Holiday HowTo: DIY Felt Ball Wreath

Fed up with your boring ol' traditional holiday wreath? Ditch the greenery and go extra festive this year with this felt ball wreath HowTo, courtesy of Norwegian craft blog Pickles. P.S. You'll need ...

Art Borne From the Barrel of a Gun

Incredible high speed photography, capturing bullets piercing objects (via Flickr user Alex Andrea Broderick). Previously, Speeding Bullet at 1,000,000 FPS.

Beautiful Animated Boxes Conducted by Drummer

You don't want to miss this animation. The overall concept -particularly the color, movement and sound- is beautiful. The piece is entitled "Box Animation, performed by Mike Edel, and created by ...

Real Life Plastic Green Army Man

Whether you're into cosplay or not, this life sized army "figurine" is awesome. The photo realistic plastic toy soldier was a contestant in a cosplay competition at Italy's Lucca Comics ...

I Want a Robo-Chef in My Kitchen

This year's FOOMA International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition had a few robots I wouldn't mind hanging around my kitchen. The sushi-bot's hand is amazing... if only it could make the sushi ...

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