How to Light a Fire at Forest School - Fire lighting basics to support your Forest School skills.

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Looking to light a fire successfully and safely at Forest School? This video covers the fire lighting basics, including; how to lay, light and extinguish a simple fire for Forest School, including essential safety information, preparation tips and some thoughts on how to manage the space and learners at Forest School.
If you are currently doing your Forest School training or already a Forest School Leader looking to brush up on your Forest School skills I hope this video helps you develop your Forest School activities and practice.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Welcome
00:32 - Benefits of Using Fire at FS
01:34 - Considering Risks and Benefits
02:40 - Legality
03:50 - Safety - Siting the Fire
07:26 - Alternatives to Lighting on the Ground
09:38 - Making a Fire Surround
11:15 - Safety - People
11:50 - Safety - Seating
12:50 - Safety - Moving around the Fire Area
14:52 - Safety - Clothing
15:50 - Safety - Emergency Equipment
19:03 - Safety - Emergency Procedures
20:18 - Collecting Firewood
21:39 - Sorting Kindling Sizes
23:20 - Tinder
24:52 - Laying the Fire (Tipi Lay)
27:50 - The Fire Triangle
33:37 - Safety - Final Checks
34:55 - Methods of Fire Lighting
35:40 - Striking a Match
37:25 - Lighting the Fire
39:50 - The Tipi Fire Lay
42:07 - Toasting a Crumpet
43:43 - Extinguishing the Fire
48:04 - Leaving No Trace
48:45 - Environmental Impact
PLEASE NOTE - in this video I mention using old storage heater bricks. Please be aware that some old storage heaters had asbestos in them, so do check this isn’t the case if using the bricks for your own fire areas.
Thank you to James for demonstrating how to be on fire and thank you to Jimbo for spending a day sitting in the smoke filming!
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LINKS:
• www.forestschoolassociation.org - The Forest School Association, the UK charity for Forest School.
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DISCLAIMER:
All information shared within the Forest School Lou channel is provided in good faith, and based on my own experience of Forest School in the UK. It is not designed to be a replacement for quality, face to face, accredited Forest School training, rather as a resource to support Forest practitioners and those in training. I am a Forest School trainer, but not your Forest School trainer, therefore no training contract exists between us. Ensure you are appropriately qualified and undertake your own risk assessments before undertaking any activity with groups, which takes into account the learners age, ability and level of understanding.

Пікірлер: 24

@mrsbooth21 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lou, Rose from Wheatfen sent me to your channel and im so glad she did. i love your videos. thank you for making them so fun to watch

@ForestSchoolLou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like the video's. Hope all is groovy at Wheatfen, its a fabulous place!

@jayneleveridge5982 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks lou very informative x

@ForestSchoolLou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jayne, happy firelighting!

@kateedwards2372 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Lou, your videos always make me giggle and are incredibly helpful on my training journey. Thank you 🙏🏼

@ForestSchoolLou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Kate! Wishing you many groovy adventures in the woods! 🌳🔥🍄

@claregrenville5962 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are such a gift and have been instrumental in my Forest School Training, especially when I feel like I need a further explanation of something. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them and sharing your expertise with us all. I am very, very grateful! :)

@ForestSchoolLou Жыл бұрын

Thanks Clare - glad the vids have been useful. Wishing you many wild adventures on your Forest School journey!

@susannahandrews3786 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ForestSchoolLou 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Susannah!

@svblofeld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lou. I too love your videos. Such a lot of helpful details. Although my favourite parts are definitely your songs at the end. You seem like a really fun forest school leader!

@ForestSchoolLou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen, glad you're enjoying the vids and the dodgy rhyming!

@marialougheed3432 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Video.

@ForestSchoolLou 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - Thanks for watching Maria!

@damarisl261 2 жыл бұрын

Lou, thanks so much for this brilliant video! The slow pace and detail richness of your explanations made it really enjoyable to watch!!! Feeling much more confident now about building up a fire with a group of kids.

@ForestSchoolLou 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Damaris - Glad it was helpful! Happy fire lighting!

@moniquevanderpol9806 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video!!so glad I came across your channel. Really struggling with my online course. Forest school skills aren’t really all that appropriate learning online but needs must. You make it all look fun and easy and less overwhelming. The thought of being in charge of a bunch of energetic children around a fire makes me break out in hives a bit but your experience and expertise is super helpful!

@ForestSchoolLou 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Monique - happy fire lighting! I recommend practicing lots on your own first before doing fires with groups if it is something you are just getting to grips with. Try to do it in different places, with different materials and in different weather conditions. Watch your confidence ignite as the tinder catches light! :-)

@zoelancaster8195 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, they have really helped fill in the gaps of my training. Have you done any videos on building a high shelter? I like climbing but I'm worried my mini stature will not go in my favour :)

@ForestSchoolLou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zoe, glad the vids have been useful to you! I haven't done any vids on shelter building yet, but have some ideas . What do you mean when you say a 'high shelter'?

@zoelancaster8195 3 жыл бұрын

@@ForestSchoolLou one which is high enough to have a campfire underneath. Thanks for replying x

@ForestSchoolLou 2 жыл бұрын

@@zoelancaster8195 Ah, thanks. The only type of shelter I tend to have a small fire (eg for bolling a kettle) under is a parachute, rigged high (outer edges above head height) to reduce the amount of smoke caught under it. There are types of shelter designs for having a larger fire next to them (but not directly under them) - such as lean to's (either as debri dens or tarps). Neither require climbing! but the parachute requires rope throwing - always good fun :-)

@wildwaysbushcraftsurvivals5416 11 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 thinking safety, I was wondering are open toed sandals the most suitable form of footwear for being around a fire 🔥 Thank you 😊

@ForestSchoolLou 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I'm guessing you have your own thoughts on this? Here's my risk benefit analysis for you - I was pregnant when I recorded that vid, with swollen feet and it was hot! The way we set up the fire surround, combined with keeping the fire a relatively small size, combined with using a 'poking stick' should minimise the chance of hot embers/sticks rolling out the fire where they might come into contact with feet. Plus a plunge bucket on standby should that unlikely event happen. In that situation I felt that the benefit of having cool feet outweighed the possible risk. On a different day, with different people that judgement might be completely different. From a Forest School perspective I always strongly recommend learners have footwear that covers the whole foot. This is for a number of reasons - ticks, general scratches/cuts/stings from undergrowth, and yes fire and tools if those are things taking place in the session. Hope that helps! :-)