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Carbon C, the main component of wood, O and oxygen combine in the combustion process to a third substance, the carbon dioxide CO2 Physically speaking, there is fire from hot particles (combustible gases zBH2O), which consists of the burning material from escaping, and a higher short Energieniviau have obtained. During this process the electrons are located on a higher path. This energy level of each atom is unstable, so the electron falls to its original train back. This produces an emission, ie it is energy in the form of a light quantum (photon) released. Depending on how much energy is in the combustion of a flame is visible, or the process takes place slowly and without optical phenomena instead. During the combustion of cellulose (C6H10O5) n is formed by the high temperature CO, CO2, H2O, H2, etc.. After firing, the carbon skeleton remains – C left, this is the glow (charcoal), without flame and smoke. The ignition temperature of wood depends on its moisture and is between 220 – 320 ° C at the firing temperature, the actual burning process, the temperature drops and the fire is gaining the necessary heat from itself.

What needs to deal with fire will be kept in mind?
~ The fire must never be left unattended. ~ Before bedtime each fire. ~ You must always have a bucket / pot with fire fighting beside the fireplace ready. ~ Only people who experience and security in dealing with fire have allowed for the sole supervision of the cooking responsibilities. ~ Within reach of the fire (candles, tallow candles, etc.) must be no combustible material (straw, cloth, etc.) which can be determined by sparks or heat can ignite. ~ The Fire (lantern, tallow candles, etc.) should not stand in the way, so that it is easy to stumble or it can be upset.

What do I have before the fire do?
Fireplace dig: The place where the fire pit is excavated, may not be too close to the tents, because the plane possibly by flying sparks could ignite. Our fireplace perfectly fulfilled their function in a T-shape of approximately 1.5 m in length and 1 m width. The grass is on this surface abgestochen and the edges with soil or stones delineated, it is ensured that the grass around can not ignite. Especially in the summer when it rained for a long time, and the fire risk is high, should be to ensure that the grass or surrounding Gestrüp and foliage can not ignite. In addition, the ground around the fire with water are kept moist. The turf will be put out on the best upside down in a shady place and the event is stored on moist, they can be easily reused. Order in our case a fire to ignite, we need only wood, in different variations, such as sawdust and larger Spreisel or thin branches. The flame burns constantly, without being afraid of it must go off again at any moment, you can always gradually thicker and larger pieces of wood demand.

Chopping wood: If someone still do not know how to chopping wood, here are a few tips. Before you start chopping the wood, you should still check whether the tide of the ax is fixed to the shaft is connected. This monitoring should be prevented, which is the leaf while hacking from the stalk and triggers uncontrolled rushes through the air. It should be about a step away from the wood block stand, the legs are slightly more than shoulder width apart. When hacking is straight from the top (head) to bottom (between the legs) beaten, it is prevented that a failure of the wood piece in the ax in the leg or foot is. Should also verify that each of the timber while hacking in two to three meters distance, no one is around any of the flying pieces of wood could be taken. Once invited, the logs to chop them quite small, and these are usually no longer even on the Hackklotz stop, then never the piece of wood with the hand hold, but with a second piece of wood and then lock with an ax splitting , this is not the risk that one, with a failure of the failure, in the hands of hacks.

Which wood for which I take fire? Admittedly, the question here is unnecessary in most cases, because we have to take on events, what we get from the organizers. If, however, we eventually have the choice should be, this is quite useful: * softwood (pine, spruce, fir, etc.) has a high heat because it burns quickly, but rußt strong and it is for cooking only limited use. With the thin branches of the spruce you can get a fire. Especially in the spruce must be due to the high resin content in dry weather increased the spark flight respected. But it also burns in the wet state and is still good for kindling. * The wood of beech and maple burn long and evenly, it is therefore good for cooking, as long as you do not need hot water quickly, or for warming in cool nights. * Holds a long-lasting oak embers, which is excellently suited for baking bread, it is more difficult to ignite, however, developed when burning a lot of heat. * The birch wood is the only one which because of its high pitch content and wet, over medium heat burns, the bark is good for a fire to ignite. * Timber of fruit trees (apple, cherry, plum), as well as willow, linden, poplar, ash and chestnut trees burn very quickly, develop, however, neither heat nor hot.

“Ingredients” ready to lay.
It is an advantage the materials needed to fire to reach, because once the tinder smoulders, everything must go fast. (Flint and iron, scale, sawdust, small branches or Holzspreisel, pieces of wood in various sizes and in sufficient quantity)

As I ignite a fire?
… with flint and tinder: The usual method for us to ignite a fire is a fire-iron, a flint and tinder (Rohkolben or tree mushroom with saltpeter) to use. (It is very important that the scale is always kept dry, usually a high enough humidity so that the tinder catches no fire.) We are looking for a sharp edge on his stone, then put the scale, hold it with your thumb firmly and suggest that iron loose from the top down to edge along the stone, so stone and iron grind past each other. In this process, the sparks fly, and hopefully one in the tinder, which ignites them. The kokelnde tinder dry with sawdust or straw / hay around, between the palms and gently hineinpusten until the first small Flämmchen hochzüngeln. The Burning sawdust into the fire basket, with a handful still need to give and then small, thin branches and about Spreisel loose layers. Burns to the fire once the branches can be safely and bigger pieces of wood. … with Lampoil: The wood is too wet, the tinder to damp the flint does not work and nobody can produce a more help. Sometimes happens, then it is good but when a bottle of lamp oil finds in the warehouse. It stratifies the logs in the fireplace on pours lamp depending on humidity of the wood a little more or less. Those who have little or no experience with fire, it should also be a thin oblong piece of wood / branch at one end with Lampoil water, this fire with a lighter and then ignite the logs. It should be noted that the lamp never in the open fire will be injected!

There are several fire (eg Tippifeuer, fire star, fire bar, key fire, cross fire, reflector fire, fire pit, pyramid fire) All the ring, the mixture of the pyramids and the fire key for us, cooking, best armored. Burns to the fire initially constant with a small flame, then gradually nachgelegt are wood sh Figure 1.0. The logs are vertically and horizontally arranged, it is important to the flames to allow oxygen to come and therefore the timber loosely and with a lot of distance on top of each other zuschichten (Pyramid Fire) Picture number 1 must still be painted. The variation of the key fire (Figure 2.0) or in our case, T-Fire is ideally suited for cooking. In the upper part of the fire heat entertain, cook, etc. for water, while in the long course is also part of the resulting heat to be distributed, for example, with Grapes to cook or warm food ready lock. Image Nummer2 must still be painted.How to keep a fire going?
It simply keeps a fire burning in you at regular intervals, new wood nachlegt. If you want the logs to burn faster or bring redeploy to help the blowpipe, or a poker. The timber should always be stored dry, because it is in wet or damp condition bad burns and the smoke is very high, also fresh, not deposited wood is not suitable for Verschueren. Nevertheless, it is possible that the wood gets wet, they can be on the edge to the order to fire they allow to dry, because the wood in the core even after a long rain still mostly dry.

How do you delete a fire?
A fire goes out in the rule – if the fuel is finished. – When the temperature cools down too much. – If it gets no oxygen. The safest method is to fire with water to remove sand, rather than to accumulate it. This is water in small quantities to the fire spread, but do not submerge until the blaze is extinguished and no longer qualmt. To put out the turf in such a manner that they can easily continue to grow, the glow is no longer hot, because otherwise the roots are suffering under the heat.

What to do in an emergency?
Burning Fat When cooking it can always happen again, that the oil / grease / lard as frying in a pan or deep fat frying in a pan fire starts. Since we cook outdoors and us in any closed space, this is not bad, so keep calm. The vessel was ablaze from the fire immediately and take something away beside the fire place. In general, it is not the fire nor the extra oxygen escape, in which you compare it with a damp cloth covering, but enough of the vessel itself cauterize it. It must be noted that the underground can not burn (eg, dry grass in summer) and if the hob on a solar sail is tensioned, the receptacle is not included. In no case shall be tried brennede the grease / oil / fat with water to remove, because it has a  BIG FLAME to follow! ! !

Burns
What ever happen again is that you burn, be it directly to the flames, on a hot pot or hot fat splashes. Since this is usually a first-degree burns that just burned the body enough (approx. 15 minutes) is best under flowing cold water to cool. This measure is contrary to the bubble formation and reduces the pain. The application of fire ointment is not necessary. If someone has more burns apply, for example through spilled boiling water or hot oil, then in any case at most events are ready to look at paramedics or a doctor / hospital.

Further use of fire.
On our events will fire not only for cooking but also as a light source, in the form of lanterns, or tallow candles Kienspänen. What it should be noted here, there is: – to make sure that the candle is straight and firmly into the lantern and the lantern itself as stable on the table and can not tip over. – That one has to keep an eye on how far the candle has burned down, and if appropriate, renewed. – Make sure that the Talglich firmly on the table. – Nothing can drip out. – Not the wick zuweit heraushängt. – Make sure that the fixed Kienspanhalter eg lies in the wall and turn Kienspan not slip from the holder or fall. – That nothing is under the Kienspan reflecting falling sparks can ignite.