Fire & Survival
The three things fire needs to exist.
What is fuel, oxygen, and heat source?
What are the three basic survival priorities?
Shelter, water, fire (food comes later).
In what year was the Armenian alphabet created?
405
What are two ways to cool someone with heat stroke?
Move them to shade, apply cold water/ice packs (neck, armpits, groin).
What direction does a compass needle point?
magnetic north
Name a fire starting method.
What is flint and steel?
What is a ferro rod?
What are matches/lighter?
What is fresnel lense/magnifying glass?
What are the three parts of a fire (fire triangle)?
Heat, fuel, oxygen.
What year did Armenia adopt Christianity as a state religion?
301
You lose 40-45% of your body heat through this.
What is your head and neck?
The number of degrees on a compass.
What is 360?
Heat source, to boil water, to cook food, for light, to keep animals and bugs away.
What are reasons for a fire in surivial?
If your compass reads 270°, which direction are you heading?
West
May 28, 1918
What happens when someone stops shivering during hypothermia?
It can mean their condition is worsening and their body is no longer able to generate heat.
If you want to go south east, what degree should you follow on a compass?
135 degrees.
How long can a person typically survive without water?
3 days
What is the safest way to clean water in the wild?
boil it
Armenias 2nd Independence
September 21, 1991
Why is shivering important in hypothermia?
It’s the body’s way of generating heat.
North, south, east, and west are how many degrees apart from each other?
What is 90?
By placing a stick and stone on the ground and then 30 minutes later placing another stone where the shadow is shows you which direction?
What is east to west?
What is tinder, and give two examples.
Tinder is material that catches fire easily; examples: dry grass, birch bark, cotton, dryer lint.
Armenias 1st President in 1991
Levon Ter-Petrosyan
This kicks metabolism into 2-5 times the normal rate.
What is shivering?
What do contour lines on a map show?
If contour lines are very close together, what does that mean?
Elevation and shape of the land.
The terrain is steep.