Twigs are the easiest to find. In damp weather you can often find dead twigs that are dry. You can also split open wet logs and cut off pencil-thick lengths of the dry inner wood. You will need a small armload. Fuel is the firewood you will use to keep your blaze burning.
Dry branches lying on the ground are a fine source of fuel.
Stack year firewood neatly near the fire-pit and, if bad weather threatens, protect it with a ground cloth or fly. Everyone has favorites when it comes to kinds of firewood Hardwoods such as oak, maple, hickory, ash, and apple will burn a long time and make shot, even bed of coals. Pine, spruce, fir, and other softwoods, burn quickly, produce lots of fast heat, and throw off a good deal of smoke and sparks. As a general rule, the heavier a piece of wood, the longer will burn and the more coals it will produce. To start your fire, loosely arrange your tinder and a handful of kindling in the center of the fire-pit.