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.

What is a fire tower in building?

fire towernoun. A watchtower to search for fires in a forest. fire towernoun. In a high building, a stairway protected by several inches of concrete and entered through a kind of "air lock" that prevents the smoke to enter inside it.

Can you live in a fire tower?

At present, there are at least 85 lookout towers in the U.S. that you can rent overnight. ... Some are in National Forests; some are in state parks; and some are on USDA Forest Service land.