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Fire Finder

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Description
A: Large circular metal object with a paper topographic map mounted on it. B: The metal dial and ruler (alidade) has a look similar to a compass, and is used to determine the location of the fire on the map. It is stamped with "British Columbia Forest Service / Model 51"
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Original Owner
Northwest Fire Centre
BC Forest Service
Category
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Sub-Category
SURVEYING AND NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Place Used
Northwest Fire Centre
Start Date
1945
Description
A: Large circular metal object with a paper topographic map mounted on it. B: The metal dial and ruler (alidade) has a look similar to a compass, and is used to determine the location of the fire on the map. It is stamped with "British Columbia Forest Service / Model 51"
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From the Back Room article, July 2021
History Of Use
Fire finders were set up and precisely located in lookouts. One finder in each lookout was used to locate a fire in a specific direction, then triangulated with another 2 lookouts to find the exact location of any fire. Source: BC Forest Service's Centenary website http://www.bcfs100.ca/ (accessed 2017-11-02).
Number Of Parts
2
Accession No.
2009.48.1 a-b
Type of Record
Museum Artifact

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