Campfire Building
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Cycling, First aid, Navigation, Outdoor skills, Scout skills, Swimming, and Wilderness Survival skills.
Campfire Rank Videos |
Resources
While the Boy Scout Handbook is your primary resource, the links below can help you learn Campfire Building. See the Disclaimers.
- Related Merit Badges: Camping - Fire Safety - Cooking - Wilderness Survival.
- Skills Instruction and Videos: Backpacking • Campfire Building • Clothing • Cooking • Cycling skills • First-aid skills • Navigation • Outdoor skills • Scout skills • Swimming • Wilderness Survival
- Related Awards: Firem'n Chit - Totin' Chip - Paul Bunyan Woodsman
► BSA Video: The Skills Lessons are excellent but are large files that require Apple QuickTime.
► This symbol notes many other lesson videos.
Campfire Rank Videos
- See: Fire Safety merit badge and Firem'n Chit.
► BSA Video: Second Class Light a Fire and Stove (See notes.)
► BSA Video: Second Class Fires and Stoves
- Guide to Safe Scouting: Guidelines for Safely Using Chemical Stoves and Lanterns - Guide to Safe Scouting: Fuels and Fire Prevention
Knife Skills
► BSA Video: BSA Video: Second Class Knife, Saw, and Ax (See notes.)
► Videos: Cleaning a Knife - Sharpening a Knife - Pocket Knife Care - Sharpening Devices - Sharpening Safety - Sharpening Mistakes - Sharpening Edges & Goals
- Guide to Safe Scouting: Knives - wikiHow How to Sharpen a Knife - Sharpening Tricks - How to Sharpen a Knife
Ax and Saw Skills
► BSA Video: Video: Knife and Ax Safety - Knives, axes, and saws to take to the wilds
Campfire Setup
► Video: Fire Site - Where to Build a Campfire - Types of Fires - Fire Pits - Build a Fire - Kindling -Picking Kindling - Wood - Arranging The FIre - Keep a Fire Going - Sparking a Fire - What Not to Burn - Put Out a Campfire
Campfire Types
► Video: Log Cabin Type Fire - Tee Pee - Speed Fire
Campfire Starting
► BSA Video: Build a Campfire
► ExpertVillage Videos: Campfire Building
Campfire Safety
- See Outdoor Safety
► Video: Safety - Video: Dangers
See also
- Skills Instruction and Videos: Backpacking • Campfire Building • Clothing • Cooking • Cycling skills • First-aid skills • Navigation • Outdoor skills • Scout skills • Swimming • Wilderness Survival
Related awards
- Outdoor Skills Awards
Disclaimers
Disclaimer: This information is not intended as a substitute for professional advice, or formal training. Please note that the only materials recommended by the Boy Scouts of America are those found or listed in official BSA materials such as the current Boy Scout Handbook. Campfire Building recommendations are constantly being revised. Neither MeritBadge.Org, nor its contributors make any recommendations. See the Guide to Safe Scouting.
- MeritBadge.Org Disclaimer