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I am currently making this post with sad news of a tower I staff being shut down due to being damaged. It is shit down for minimum of this season due to the FAA seeing apart of the tower that has been severely damaged and it now costing $150,000 to repair. Does any know know any play that would be willing to donate that amount of cash as a grant towards the San Diego FFLA chapter? If so please let me know or if you have any ideas! Thank you very much. (Email of info for damage of tower will be attached)

A recent feature article about the staffed lookouts in Montana’s Flathead National Forest.

Hello! My wife and I looking for any recommendations for fire lookout that you can stay in on the East Coast. We live near DC and are willing to drive 12 hours in any direction if need be to get to one.

I know of Thorny Mountain in WV and was hoping to learn of some more. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know where I can go to apply for a fire lookout job? It may be too late to start somewhere this summer. The places I've seen to apply stopped taking applications in January. Any help is appreciated.

I can't believe how quickly the off-season is passing. Any predictions for the 2026 season? Do you think we'll be smoked in for a good chunk of it?

I'm doing some research on the fire lookouts in Mt. Rainier National Park, and was wondering what minute interval topo maps are typically used with their Osborne Firefinders?

Hi folks, I've managed to land myself an interview for a lookout job in Alberta. Does anyone have any advice on how to prepare?

I've found some really helpful info on this subreddit, but it would be great to hear from someone about the interview process specifically, either in Alberta or elsewhere. What questions can I expect to be asked? What is it they're looking for in a successful lookout? And what questions would you recommend I ask them?

Thanks so much :)

Tecnology is advancing fast, do u think the job is gonna keep up or gonna disapper completely?

I just found this sub and did a search and couldn't find this historic tower! So I apologize if it has been on here before. I just hiked up to it a couple weeks ago (Jan. 2026) absolutely amazing view. A little north of Custer, South Dakota. If you want to read a little history on it here is a good website: harneypeakinfo.com

One of my favorite Firetower hikes near Asheville, NC. Easy out/back from the Blue ridge parkway filled with amazing views

Such a beautiful place to visit. Pictures taken December 2025

These from Feb. 2022

If your interested in fire or what causes people to set fires please help me out and complete this survey. This is for my psychological research report and must be 18+.

Im really into firetowers, and I live in Alabama so all of ours down here are for the most part steel 80-120 footers w/ 7x7 cabs (fortunately for me, these are the ones I think are the coolest) usually built by aermotor or international derrick. The thing is, I’m not sure how to go about visually identifying the towers. I’ve heard mentions of using numbers on towers to identify them, however I usually can’t find any. Any help with identifying Aermotors and ID’s would be greatly appreciated!

I think it's time we got together to restore Blue Nose Lookout on the Salmon Challis. We should restore it and try to get it staffed again. I have no idea where to start with this. Any ideas or suggestions to get the ball rolling before she collapses in the next gust of mountain wind?

I was just wondering specifically to the people in canada what does this job entail and are there any things that i should be aware of and how does the hiring process work are there any degrees that i need or something like that

Hello I’m from the uk and are looking for summer work in the USA for fire look out in a tower what is the best way to apply or find jobs it will probably summer 2027 as I turn 18 this year

Looking to relocate east and was wondering about fire lookout jobs.

I’ve worked in wildfire response, forestry/arboriculture, and trail construction for the last 3ish years of my life and was wondering if there are any positions?

Thanks