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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 .
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]
A fire lookout (sometimes also called a fire watcher) is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower. These towers are used in remote areas, normally on mountain tops with high elevation and a good view of the surrounding terrain , to spot smoke caused by a wildfire .
Mount Tabor, 1,247 m (4,091 ft), is a mountain 20 km (12 mi) east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada adjacent to BC Highway 16.It rises about 550 m (1,804 ft) from the small portion of the Nechako Plateau that lies in the angle of the Fraser River and not part of the Cariboo Mountains which begin just to the east, the summit is the site of a former fire lookout tower and is the highest ...
Historic fire lookout tower on Mount Hallowell in Spipiyus Provincial Park. The park contains more than 55 kilometres (34 mi) of high-clearance 4WD trails that circumnavigate the higher elevations, allowing access to hiking trails, lakes, and views of Pender Harbour, the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island.
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The category contains fire lookout towers throughout the world. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. F.
A fire lookout stands atop a peak approximately 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) to the south (elevation 1,992 m (6,535 ft)) which is owned and maintained by the local wireless society for TV, radio, and digital transmission. The current view from the lookout can be seen via a live webcam.