fire lookout
Smoke-spotting station
A fire lookout is a person stationed in a remote tower to watch for wildfires, or the tower itself.
These structures, typically on mountaintops or high ridges, provide panoramic views of forested areas.
The job involves long periods of solitude: She spent three summers as a fire lookout in the Cascades.
Fire lookouts have declined with aerial surveillance but some remain staffed, and the towers have become iconic symbols of wilderness solitude.
- rangerProtected land patroller
- binocularsHandheld dual-lens magnifier
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- towerTall slender edifice
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
national forest · mountain · mountain peak · wildfire · smoke · cabin · solitude · off the grid · observer · spotter · dispatcher · two-way radio · vigilance · catwalk · glass windows · lightning · firebreak · controlled burns
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- fire safetysmoke detectors, evacuation plan, smoke alarms, sprinklers, assembly point
- firefightersfirefighter, firefighters, fireman, hotshots, smokejumpers
- watcherswatcher, birdwatchers, watchman, sports fans, binge watchers
- forest rangersforest ranger, park ranger, ranger, game warden, wildlife officer
- green careersconservationist, ecologist, environmental scientist, wildlife biologist, marine biologist
fire lookoutfirefighter
Emergency blaze responder
smokejumper · hotshot crew · fire engine · fire brigade · first responder