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fire watcher

British  

noun

  1. a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment

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She started out as a fire watcher in the war, which involved patrolling rooftops to identify fires started by enemy aircrafts dropping bombs.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

While courting Joyce, James met Freud and she appointed him as boilerman, handyman and fire watcher.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

As the novel begins, the author is finishing a two-month squat as a fire watcher on a mountain in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forestry Service fire watcher at his lonely station on the western slopes of the Coast Range near Brookings, Ore. on Sept.

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