AROTC:

Interesting note about Otzi, the Iceman, and his "ember bucket." I know that certain early American families and Pioneers carried a similar bucket in which they built a "Hearth Fire" from. Usually the Hearth Fire was in a typical fireplace and burned year round for heating, cooking and such. A newlywed couple would take embers from the fires of their parents homes and build their fires in the “new home’s fireplace.” The same was true of the Native Peoples here in the Americas. To carry a small amount of fire in ember, or something to easily burn to which building a fire was the difference between life and death.

Did you see anything about the Space Shuttle Survival Kits?

Take care,
Stargazer