We are endeavouring to get all our Scouts and Explorer Scouts into the spirit of survival in the outdoors, similar to the survival skills demonstrated by Chief Scout Bear Grylls on his TV series. With this in mind, we think that there should be a badge specifically for lighting fires, as opposed to the current badges that deal in the most part with cooking on them, as opposed to how they are lit.We like to think of it as a Fire Starter badge.

Proposed Fire Starter Badge Criteria

1. Must be able to start a fire from only materials gathered from nature on a hillside or countryside environment (no man-made materials like paper or wool etc) in dry conditions with any three of the following:a. A single matchb. Flint and Steelc. A bow drilld. Magnifying glasse. Rubbing stickf. Tinder box2. Must be able to start a fire from only materials gathered from nature on a hillside or countryside environment (no man-made materials like paper or wool etc) in wet conditions with any two of the following:a. A single matchb. Flint and Steelc. A bow drilld. Magnifying glasse. Rubbing stickf. Tinder box