11th Annual Fire Tower Lighting Event - 5 August 2024

The NYS Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Lighting of the Fire Tower Event! Saturday, August 31st at 9:00 pm we hope to have a light begin to shine in the cab of many towers across NYS! 

Last year we had so many wonderful volunteers that we were able to light 37 towers!

We hope to increase that number this year. In the event of rain, the event will be held on Sunday, September 1st at 9:00pm. The event is done to honor the men and women who worked in these historic towers; protecting homes, businesses, communities and surrounding forests. The plan is to place a light in fire towers around the state from 9 to 9:30pm. We invite people to go to locations around the community (listed on our website) where they can look up, see the light on the horizon and remember that there was a fire tower there watching over them. 

Thank you to Doug Hamilton for this wonderful idea to honor the past! All Illuminators also read aloud the names of those who served in the towers as they turn on the light and that they include these names in local advertisements for the event. If you have any questions, please reach out to lauriejrankin@gmail.com and I will get you all the information you will need. We will close registration on August 19th to allow time for all Illuminators to get their advertisements out. Additional information can be found at the website: www.nysffla.org