Despite advances in fire-monitoring technology, volunteers remain a crucial defense amid worsening fire seasons
Every 10 minutes, when the alarm on his phone goes off, Rory Hewitt carefully scans the horizon. Perched atop the east peak of Mt Tamalpais, one of the highest points in the San Francisco Bay Area, he watches the city towers that gleam in the distance, the fog curling and coasting above the bay, and Marin county sprawling more than 2,571ft beneath him. To the south, the ancient redwood trees of Muir Woods, a blanket of green, stretch to the sea, and to the north-west, yellowing hillsides seem to poke through the canopy, bleeding all the way into Sonoma county.
Satisfied after circling a gangway and looking out in each direction, Hewitt comes back inside the small square structure built directly on to the peak where he serves as a Marin county fire lookout. For now, there were no signs of smoke amid the wispy clouds and afternoon haze.
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