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These structures in remote locations of National Forests and National Parks assist the Department of the Interior personnel with the location of forest fires in wild lands. One in ten of theses structures is large enough to accommodate several personnel at the height of a busy fire season. Acting as a local weather reporting station, radio relay, and as well with a 5000 liter tank to draw from these help wild land fire fighters monitor conditions that can lead to fire spreading, and supply water to fire engines.
This is a system of shelters and facilities for Project personnel assigned to scout and assist in rural or mountain communities. The larger multi person dwellings setups was to relocate and recruit more Rangers and to increase the number of rural Law Enforcement as well. The Rangers of the Park Service and the Forestry Service took great pride in these facilities that look like the classic and beautiful structure built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. What none were aware of was the cache located beneath the structure or adjacent vehicle shelter or horse barn intended for them. The Project provided for the Ranger service new AM and FM radios, a satellite telephone (through Morrowsat), as well as 3 years of freeze dried rations, medical supplies, and NBC protection and decontamination tools.
Beneath one or more of the remote stations may be lurking a Recon or MARS team bolt hole with personnel trained for mountain and cold weather operations. The Project vehicle is likely to be the V-150 APC or a M973 Ridgeway SUSV.
Project personnel would have atleast one person with the electronics and radio knowledge to repair these remote monitoring sites. Spares and replacement modules are located in separate caches from the Teams regular supply caches.
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