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Every fire season, hundreds of volunteers climb up into tiny towers on mountaintops across California – and they live there, in shifts, for months.
Their job is crucial: spotting plumes of smoke in the wilderness before small fires grow into massive blazes. They work in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies.
Get a 360 tour of a lookout tower in the San Bernardino Mountains as part of our #LAsVeryOwn series, sponsored by Jeep.
