Fire Lookout Towers
| Lookout Name | Information | Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Vetter Mountain | Restored 1998. The Vetter Mountain Fire Lookout was destroyed in the 2009 Station Fire. See Vetter Mountain. | |
| Slide Mountain | Slide Mountain Lookout, located above Pyramid Lake off Interstate 5, was built in 1969 as part of the Pyramid Reservoir project. It was restored by ANFFLA and operational since 2003. This lookout is open all year long, and hearty volunteers are needed, as it is a 3 hour uphill hike to the lookout. | |
| Johnstone Peak | This tower was relocated from Johnstone Peak to the Los Angeles County Fair held in Pomona, California. The lookout is staffed in cooperation with the Angeles Volunteer Association. Thousands of visitors to this steel tower receive Fire Prevention messages and a brief look into the life of a fire lookout. | |
| South Mount Hawkins | Built 1935, closed 1981(?), restored and operational 1999, destroyed by the Curve Fire in 2002. The photo on the right shows the tower before its destruction. | |
| Warm Springs | Warm Springs Fire Lookout tower cab was destroyed by in the Ruby Ridge Fire of 1987, however the steel tower remains intact. The ANFFLA is planning to rebuild and return to service this tower at a future date. | |
| Castro Peak Fire Lookout | Relocated from Castro Peak, this small fire lookout tower is now located in Henninger Flats. It is a static display and property of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Preliminary "no obligation" talks regarding ANFFLA volunteers providing interpretive services will be held in the fall of 2006 between ANFFLA and LACoFD. | |
| Volunteer Fire Watch | The Volunteer Fire Watch program was created during the extreme dry conditions near the end of the 2004 fire season where record low fuel moisture levels caused the entire National Forest to be closed. The ANFFLA volunteers mobilized to create a Fire Watch program from their privately owned vehicles. |
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