The Osborne Fire-Finder is the crown jewel of the fire lookout. We have located the original High Point fire-finder. A base was removed from Lyons Peak Lookout to pair with the fire-finder for use at High Point.


See and click below for images of the base and fire-finders from other lookouts and links to the history and function of the Osborne Fire-Finder.


Enjoy!

The Osborne Fire-Finder

The 1934 model Fire-finder was never improved upon--it stayed in production until 1980...and is being reproduced today



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The fire-finder base as removed from Lyons Peak Lookout--February 2009

The fire-finder base refurbished and ready for service--March 2009

Osborne Fire-Finder Links:


The Fire-Finder Users Guide--Circa 1955


The Osborne Fire-Finder Reproduction Project--USFS October 2003


Fire-Finder base plans--USFS 2003


Fire-Finder Parts List-Courtesy of Palmquist Tooling


FFLA Fire-Finder resources


Fire-Finder Stand Drawings--Los Pinos Lookout 2008


Osborne Fire-Finder History

Los Pinos Lookout

Black Mountain Lookout

Tahquitz Peak Lookout