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There are many different campfire structures that can be built to start a fire while

camping. The most common are the teepee, log cabin, dugout, and tunnel structures.

Almost anyone can build these fires if he or she follows some key points.

A fire needs three elements: air, fuel, and an ignition of some kind. For a campfire

the air element is easily accessible; it's the air a person breaths or oxygen. Fuel is

equivalent to wood. Sometimes lighter fluid is used to start big fires immediately, but

usually when dealing with a campfire the fuel is wood. Ignition can come from a spark,

match, or lighter. It is anything that initially starts the fire.

Going deeper into wood, there are three categories to classify it under. Kindling is

the stuff that is easiest to burn. It could be leaves, dryer lint, or very small twigs. The

next size of wood is sticks and small logs. These will range in size from one half inch to

two inches in diameter. Anything larger than this is classified as the fuel. The fuel is the

big logs that will burn for hours. When a fire is started it needs to be built like this:

kindling first, then sticks and small logs, and then the fuel, once the fire is going good.

Using this technique with the following fire structures will ensure hot easy fires.

The teepee style structure is probably the most used and easiest to build, but

doesn't necessarily result in the hottest or longest burning campfire. To build this fire

think about the name "teepee." The end result before burning this structure looks like an

Indian's teepee (If the teepee shape is not familiar, then envision a conic shape). Start by

placing the intermediate size wood or sticks in the ground in a circular...