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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a high tower from which a member of the forestry service watches for forest fires.
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1958
From the top of his 60-foot fire tower in Nova Scotia, this watchman phones in an Aircraft Flash report.
1964
The Alberta lands and forests department has a Fort McMurray office, responsible for 22,600 square miles of forest lands spotted with 14 fire towers and scanned by two forestry helicopters stationed in town.