Fire lookout tower, the Glossary

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1. 67 relations: Aermotor Windmill Company, Aircraft Warning Service, Alberta, Alexandria, Louisiana, British Columbia, Brown Company, Canada, Catskill Park, Civilian Conservation Corps, Colorado, Curve Fire, Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, Dorset, Ontario, Drill tower, Edo period, Fairview Peak Lookout (Colorado), Fire control tower, Fire lookout, Fire station, Firewatch, Florida, Forest History Society, Forest Preserve (New York), German Aerospace Center, Gloucester Tree, Great Fire of 1910, Guy-wire, Heliograph, History of the United States, Homing pigeon, Hose tower, Idaho, Idaho Public Television, Japan, Jimna Fire Tower, List of fire lookout towers, List of New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire towers, Lookout tree, Los Angeles Times, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Manitoba, Manjimup, Western Australia, Mount Lofty Fire Tower, National Register of Historic Places, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Osborne Fire Finder, Pine Island (Lee County, Florida), Queensland, Russia, ... Expand index (17 more) »

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Aermotor Windmill Company

The Aermotor Windmill Company, or Aermotor Company, is an American manufacturer of wind-powered water pumps.

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Aircraft Warning Service

The Aircraft Warning Service (AWS) was a civilian service of the United States Army Ground Observer Corps instated during World War II to keep watch for enemy planes entering American airspace.

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Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Brown Company

The Brown Company, known as the Brown Corporation in Canada, was a pulp and papermaking company based in Berlin, New Hampshire, United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Catskill Park

The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Curve Fire

The Curve Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California, in September of 2002.

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Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree

The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, a tall karri tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate Australia's bicentenary in 1988.

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Dorset, Ontario

Dorset is a small community located on the boundary between the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario and Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District, Canada.

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Drill tower

A drill tower is a tower and training facility for firefighters.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Fairview Peak Lookout (Colorado)

Fairview Peak Lookout is a fire lookout tower located at the summit of Fairview Peak in Gunnison County, Colorado.

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Fire control tower

A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting shell splashes. Fire lookout tower and fire control tower are towers.

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Fire lookout

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. Fire lookout tower and fire lookout are wildfire suppression.

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Fire station

A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.

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Firewatch

Firewatch is an adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Forest History Society

The Forest History Society is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of forest and conservation history.

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Forest Preserve (New York)

New York's Forest Preserve, comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks.

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German Aerospace Center

The German Aerospace Center (e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally German Center for Air- and Space-flight) is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany, founded in 1969.

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Gloucester Tree

The Gloucester Tree is a giant karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) tree located in the Gloucester National Park of Western Australia.

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Great Fire of 1910

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that in the summer of 1910 burned three million acres (4,700 sq mi; 12,100 km2, approximately the size of Connecticut) in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia.

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Guy-wire

A guy-wire, guy-line, guy-rope, down guy, or stay, also called simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a freestanding structure.

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Heliograph

A heliograph is a solar telegraph system that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code) reflected by a mirror.

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History of the United States

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC.

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Homing pigeon

The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances.

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Hose tower

A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Fire lookout tower and hose tower are towers.

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Idaho

Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Idaho Public Television

Idaho Public Television (also known as IdahoPTV and Idaho Public TV) is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network serving the U.S. state of Idaho.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jimna Fire Tower

Jimna Fire Tower is a heritage-listed former fire lookout tower at Jimna State Forest, Murgon-Kilcoy Road, Jimna, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

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List of fire lookout towers

This is a list of notable fire lookout towers and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures. Fire lookout tower and list of fire lookout towers are fire lookout towers.

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List of New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire towers

In order to aid its efforts in wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service operates a system of 21 fire towers at locations throughout the state of New Jersey in the United States.

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Lookout tree

A lookout tree is a simple fire lookout tower created by attaching a ladder or a series of spikes to a tall straight tree with a view of the surrounding lands, allowing rangers or fire crews to conveniently climb the tree to survey their surroundings. Fire lookout tower and lookout tree are fire lookout towers and wildfire suppression.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

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Manjimup, Western Australia

Manjimup is a town in Western Australia, south of the state capital, Perth.

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Mount Lofty Fire Tower

The Mount Lofty Fire Tower sits on top of Mount Lofty in the Adelaide Hills just to the east of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Osborne Fire Finder

The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts to find a directional bearing (azimuth) to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a wildland fire.

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Pine Island (Lee County, Florida)

Pine Island is the largest island on the Gulf Coast of peninsular Florida in the United States.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).

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Shōwa era

The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989.

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Shoshone National Forest

Shoshone National Forest is the first federally protected National Forest in the United States and covers nearly in the state of Wyoming.

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Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history.

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The Maritimes

The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

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The Mountaineers (club)

The Mountaineers is an alpine club in the US state of Washington.

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Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Fire lookout tower and tower are towers.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Watchtower

A watchtower or watch tower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world.

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Weißwasser

Weißwasser (Běła Woda) is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany.

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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation.

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Wildfire

A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

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Wildfire suppression

Wildfire suppression is a range of firefighting tactics used to suppress wildfires.

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William Robinson Brown

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Winchester Mountain Lookout

The historical Winchester Lookout, located in the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington, provides views of the Northern Picket Range, Mount Baker, Mount Shuksan, Mount Larrabee, and Canadian peaks.

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Woodsy Owl

Woodsy Owl is a national symbol and advertising character for the United States Forest Service with the aim of motivating children to form healthy, lasting relationships with nature.

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See also

Fire lookout towers

• Botanie Mountain
• Chews Ridge Lookout
• Cone Peak
• Fire lookout tower
• Foișorul de Foc
• Forest Fire Lookout Association
• List of fire lookout towers
• Lookout tree
• Lookout trees
• National Emergency Services Museum
• Pico Blanco
• Shuteye Peak
• Tabriz Fire Fighting Tower

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_lookout_tower

Also known as Fire Lookout Towers, Fire lookout post, Fire observation station, Fire tower, Fire watch tower, Firetower, Look-out tower, Lookout tower.

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