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Fire lookout
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A fire lookout 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 a
USFS fire lookout on duty at Vetter Mountain, California.
USFS fire lookout on duty at Vetter Mountain, California.
Reporting smoke is a fire lookout's primary duty in the wilderness.
Reporting smoke is a fire lookout's primary duty in the wilderness.
SPRR fire lookout station built in 1909 on Red Mountain above Cisco, CA (abandoned 1934)
SPRR fire lookout station built in 1909 on Red Mountain above Cisco, CA (abandoned 1934)
Osborne Fire Finder
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The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts to find a directional bearing to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a wildland fire.
Fire lookout
…Lookout Shots" are relayed to the local Emergency Communications Center (ECC), often by radio or phone. A fire lookout can use a device known as an Osborne Fire Finder to obtain the radial in degrees off the tower, and the estimated distance from the tower to the fire. Part of the lookout's duties include taking weather…
An Osborne Fire Finder device used in fire lookout towers.
An Osborne Fire Finder device used in fire lookout towers.
Osborne Fire Finder at Sand Mountain Lookout, Oregon
Osborne Fire Finder at Sand Mountain Lookout, Oregon