Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association

The Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association ("ANFFLA") is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of citizen volunteers dedicated to the preservation, restoration and operation of the fire lookout towers in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, and other Southern California areas.

The organization works in partnership with the federal, state, county and city agencies to meet these goals.

The association is open to all people, aged 18 or older.

They must attend required training to join, and attend a "re-up" session once a year usually held in the Spring before the start of the fire season.

The meetings begins with a potluck dinner and end with a talk or presentation by a guest speaker or fellow member.

ANFFLA Fire Lookout , Penny, looks over the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest vigilant for any sign of smoke.
The Volunteer Fire Watch program was created during the extreme dry conditions near the end of the 2004 fire season where record low fuel moisture levels caused the entire National Forest to be closed. The ANFFLA volunteers mobilized to create a Fire Watch program from their privately owned vehicles.