Articles · Topic
Articles about Fire Safety
10 articles across 4 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Campfire Cooking
Cooking a real meal over an open fire when the stove isn't an option. Coals versus flame, foil packets and grates, and the wildfire-prevention rule that governs every campfire.
Dutch Oven Cooking
Cooking in a camp Dutch oven over charcoal: choosing a 12- or 14-inch oven and the tools to go with it, lighting coals in a chimney starter, Lodge coal counts and placement for baking, safe internal temperatures, seasoning and care, and the CPSC outdoor-only rule for charcoal.
Emergency Candles: Where Open Flame Fits in Your Lighting Plan
Candles kept households lit for thousands of years. They still work. A decision framework for when open flame is appropriate, how to plan a realistic candle supply, and how to use them safely.
Fire Safety, Respond, Skills
Home fire safety, smoke alarm placement and testing, CO alarm requirements, fire extinguisher PASS technique, the two-minute fight-or-flee decision, kitchen grease fire response, door-closing protoco
Stovetop and Oven Fundamentals
Control heat by outcome rather than dial position, understand six basic cooking methods, and know the fire and burn rules that keep a kitchen safe. Grounded in USFA and CPSC guidance.
Workshop and Storage: Workbench, Vise, Pegboard, and Rust
How to set up a functional workshop in any housing situation. The workbench, the vise, tool organization that works, rust prevention, lighting, and fire safety for the home shop.
Section
Gear and Buying Guides
Best Flameless LED Candles for Emergency Preparedness (2026), New World Survival
The safest candle replacement for power outages: flameless LED candles compared by type, runtime, and cost. Tea lights, pillars, and rechargeable options with zero fire risk.
Space Heaters: The Buyer's Handbook
A calm, sourced buyer's handbook for choosing and safely using a space heater: every electric type compared, vented and unvented fuel heaters, the three-foot rule, cords and outlets, and what still works in a power outage.