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Fire lookout tower
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 fire 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 optimum viewing distance and range, known as view shed.
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