That whole top row is fire starting stuff from the duct tape on! I get the ... just dumped ... want a fire to avoid hypothermia idea (mostly). After that, what's the big deal? Fuel, air and heat. Not that hard. The hard part would be finding a decent place to start a fire on an unforgiving shoreline. I simply assume the cotton ball container fits and would be convenient with the firesteel.

I had mentioned earlier that I liked the addition of the aluminum foil. The reason for that is starting and sustaining a fire quickly, no matter what. Starting a fire is easy. Sustaining one with wet sticks in the rain is another matter. Foil provides quick separation from cold, wet ground. It also reflects heat towards you and can also keep the cooling rain off your fire. Basically, foil could help with the heat part of the fire triangle.

Once emergent conditions have passed and you don't have a saw or hatchet, I'm sort of thinking one of those lame coil saws with the two rings for your fingers might be a nice addition. If you want a fire to last w/o feeding it every few minutes you need larger fuel.

I still hold the belief that, for me, gathering wood would warm me faster than an instant fire and when I imagine all the different sorts of places I might drift/swim to, there's not a lot of great places to build a fire to begin with. Once stranded w/o all the things that normally provide comfort, a fire would be nice to sit by in the dark at some sheltered location.

Still hoping you never need it for real DD. Maybe fold the foil to fit the box instead of rolling? Foil would be a plus IMHO.