fire watcher
Lookout for flames
A fire watcher is someone stationed to watch for fires, especially during wartime blackouts when incendiary bombs posed constant threats.
Fire watchers patrolled rooftops and streets, ready to alert firefighters or extinguish small blazes before they spread.
The term also applies to forest fire lookouts who scan for smoke from towers or high points: The fire watcher spotted a plume rising from the eastern ridge.
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- towerTall slender edifice
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- forest serviceCare of wooded lands
- tree lineForest's upper limit
smoke · smoke signal · flames · vigilance · sentinel · observer · spotter · blaze · wildfire · controlled burn · dry season · binoculars · ranger · patrol · horizon · alarm · early warning · duty
- safety jobssafety officer, safety manager, safety inspector, safety coordinator, safety engineer
- wartime jobssoldier, medic, general, sergeant, nurse
- guardsguard, point guard, guardian, shooting guard, bodyguard
- observersobserver, onlooker, spectator, viewer, bystander
- shipyard workersshipwright, boatwright, ship fitter, shipfitter, riveter
fire watcherfirefighter
Emergency blaze responder
hotshot crew · smoke jumper · fire brigade · fire crew · smokejumper
fire watcherarsonist
One who illegally ignites
firebug · fire starter · pyromaniac · incendiary · firebomber
fire, watcher, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, fireplace, firework