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A fire lookout tower, fire tower, or lookout tower is a tower that provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout", whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit of a mountain or other high vantage point to maximize viewing distance and range, known as view shed .
Flag Mountain Lookout Tower [Wikidata]. Established in 1990, the National Historic Lookout Register is a program administered by the United States Forest Service, the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the National Woodland Owners Association [Wikidata], the National Forestry Association, [1] state forestry departments and Department of Interior agencies to recognize historic fire lookout towers ...
There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons [1] staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. [2] Now there are far fewer of both. Also there are a number of fire lookout trees. The U.S. state of Wisconsin decided to close its last 72 operating fire lookout towers in 2016. [3]
Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts — great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters ...
The Kendrick Lookout Tower is a fire lookout in Arizona's Kaibab National Forest overlooking the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness and areas around Humphrey's Peak and Flagstaff. According to the Forest Service website, "When the lookout tower is open during summer months, the lookout operator usually welcomes visitors to visit the top of the tower ...
The Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association ("ANFFLA") is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of citizen volunteers dedicated to the preservation, restoration and operation of the fire lookout towers in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, and other Southern California areas. The organization works in partnership with the ...
The Wofford Lookout Complex consists of an 80-foot-tall (24 m) [2] fire lookout tower and associated buildings in Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico.. Wofford Lookout Complex was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988, as part of a thematic group of United States Forest Service fire lookouts in the forest service's Southwestern ...
American tourists Ted Barnett (C) and Jamie Otten look at news photos of the attacks on the World Trade Centre buildings in a cybercafe in Calcutta, September 12, 2001.