woodenhead Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Read this article on the BBC website, if you like solitude, the countryside and using binoculars this could be the job for you. The hours aren't the best, but the views are amazing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57626403 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2021 It would suit me! I like scenery and by and large don't like people... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted July 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2021 Think how much modelling could get done. Layout would need to be very compact though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2021 Think I'd have to discipline myself for modelling in off duty hours only; imagine the embarrassment if you'd missed and obvious 'smoke' because you'd been distracted numbering a wagon... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2021 Or if you dropped a hot soldering iron and started the fire. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 There are relatively few human US Forest Service fire spotters these days. The job is now often done with infrared cameras and automation. Cameras can be pointed at locations where lightning strikes are detected by Doppler RADAR. Many of the retired lookout towers can be rented as vacation cabins. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 I've a book about a persons experiences as a fire watcher, but I can't remember what its called or who its by. And I can't find it either.... It was very interesting. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2021 I presume you are neither a librarian nor work in a bookshop @Hroth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 6 hours ago, Hroth said: I've a book about a persons experiences as a fire watcher, but I can't remember what its called or who its by. And I can't find it either.... It was very interesting. Jack Kerouac certainly wrote one; I think it was 'Dharma Bums' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin_McLeod said: I presume you are neither a librarian nor work in a bookshop @Hroth Spot on. I just have an exceedingly large number* of books and they're all packed away at present. * And due to circumstances, I have culled the number by at least 50% and still have far too many... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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