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  2. List of fire lookout towers - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Fire lookout - Wikipedia

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    SPRR fire lookout station built in 1909 on Red Mountain above Cisco, CA. (abandoned 1934) 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 ...

  4. Fire lookout tower - Wikipedia

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    Fire lookout tower in south Georgia, United States. The history of fire lookout towers predates the United States Forest Service, founded in 1905. Many townships, private lumber companies, and State Forestry organizations operated fire lookout towers on their own accord. The Great Fire of 1910, also known as the Big Blowup, burned 3,000,000 ...

  5. Top of the world: Idaho Fire Lookouts project traces the ...

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    Ray Kresek, the keeper of the Fire Lookout Museum in Spokane, said that fire, which torched more than 3 million acres in North Idaho and western Montana, convinced the U.S. Forest Service that it ...

  6. Hotshot crew - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They are assigned to work the most challenging parts of the fire and are considered strategic and tactical wildland fire experts.

  7. These Washington fire lookout towers offer 360-degree ... - AOL

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    It’s a small cabin sitting 5,600 feet above sea level, according to the U.S. Forest Service, offering sights of the wilderness and the Blue Mountains. The lookout extends up from the cabin, but ...

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