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- Fire_lookout_tower abstract "A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. The fire lookout tower is a small building, usually located on the summit of a mountain or other high vantage point, in order to maximize the viewing distance and range, known as view shed. From this vantage point the fire lookout can see smoke that may develop, determine the location by using a device known as an Osborne Fire Finder, and call fire suppression personnel to the fire.The typical fire lookout tower consists of a small room, known as a cab located atop a large steel, or wooden tower. However, sometimes natural rock may be used to create a lower platform. In some cases, the terrain makes it possible so there is no need for an additional tower and these are known as ground cabs. Ground cabs are called towers, even if they don't sit on a tower.Towers gained popularity in the early 1900s, and fires were reported using telephones, carrier pigeons, and heliographs.Although many fire lookout towers have fallen into disrepair as a result of neglect, abandonment, and declining budgets, some fire service personnel have made an effort to preserve older fire towers, arguing that a good set of human eyes watching the forest for wildfire can be an effective and cheap fire safety measure.".
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- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink trivia.html.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink www.firelookout.org.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink www.firelookoutsdownunder.com.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink Lookouts.aspx.
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- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink index-towers.htm.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink mttam.htm.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink keller.php.
- Fire_lookout_tower wikiPageExternalLink red.php.
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- Fire_lookout_tower subject Category:Fire_lookout_towers.
- Fire_lookout_tower subject Category:Towers.
- Fire_lookout_tower subject Category:Wildland_fire_suppression.
- Fire_lookout_tower type Artifact100021939.
- Fire_lookout_tower type FireLookoutTowers.
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- Fire_lookout_tower type YagoGeoEntity.
- Fire_lookout_tower type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Fire_lookout_tower comment "A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. The fire lookout tower is a small building, usually located on the summit of a mountain or other high vantage point, in order to maximize the viewing distance and range, known as view shed.".
- Fire_lookout_tower label "Fire lookout tower".
- Fire_lookout_tower label "Tour de guet (lutte contre l'incendie)".
- Fire_lookout_tower label "Каланча".
- Fire_lookout_tower label "火の見櫓".
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs Tour_de_guet_(lutte_contre_l'incendie).
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs 火の見櫓.
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs m.0dyh8v.
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs Q748998.
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs Q748998.
- Fire_lookout_tower sameAs Fire_lookout_tower.
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