Some of these places now prohibit making a fire on the ground. That would likely let some decide not to bring along any fire-starting kit.
You're probably right but not if they actually thought about why fire starting materials should be part of emergency gear. I remember many years ago I bought an "Outside" magazine to read on an airplane. They had an article on what to do if you get hypothermic, and they actually said you should start a fire but keep the twigs to pencil-sized or less to lessen impacts on the environment. I sent them a letter to the editor telling them they needed to retract/correct that, becuase if people get hypothermic all that BS goes out the window. They never responded, I'm sure they didn't run the letter.
