Fire -Up

1. Fire-Up Kilnadeema National School

2. What is Fire-Up? • Fire-Up is turf chippings (turf mould) used to extend the duration of your fire.

3. Rationale • Turf has been used in Ireland for over a thousand years • 5% of the Irish landscape is made up of bogs with a lot of bogs in the West of Ireland.

4. Distribution of Bogs in Ireland

5. Raw Materials • Turf mould is the chippings of turf, generally found around where ever the turf is stored. Some people bin it or use it as compost, but we have found that you can make your fire last much longer if it is placed on the dying embers of your fire instead of fossil fuels.

6. Turf Chippings (turf mould)

7. Our product “Fire-Up” is cheap, easy to make and easy to use.

8. Our Product

9. Our inspiration • The idea for our product came from when your fire is running low on fuel and you don’t want to use a piece of turf to start it again you can just use your turf chipping instead.

10. Where can it be used? • Use it on your fire at home or when you’re camping. • The name came from the idea of keeping upyour fire, thus the name Fire-Up.

11. Selling Locations • Purchase “Fire-Up” • at your local filling stations and shops.

12. Product Prices • 1 small bag €1.00 • 5 small bags €4.50 • 1 medium bag €2.00 • 3 medium bags €5.00

13. Target Audience • People who live in cities and towns because they don’t have sheds to store turf in.

14. Burnt out fire..don’t get in a tizzy! Just throw on a “Fire-Up” and get it going in a jiffy!

15. Concept and design by pupils of 6th Class, Kilnadeema N.S.