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fire tower † 
a high tower from which a member of the forestry service watches for forest fires.
See also: lookout tower tower
- 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.
- 1958 From the top of his 60-foot fire tower in Nova Scotia, this watchman phones in an Aircraft Flash report.