One of the most complex problems facing in tropical forests, particularly in deciduous forests, is the recurrent incidence of fire. It is well known that fire caused extensive damage in the forest ecosystem by quantitatively and qualitatively. To reduce occurrences of forest fire, management of fire is highly important which entails mapping of risk zones and identification of suitable area for watchtowers. Watchtowers at crucial points which give good overview of large parts of the area, effective communication network, and mobility to reach affected areas swiftly are all important factors for effective fire protection. The objective of the present study is mapping & prioritization of fire risk zone and thus by Identification of suitable sites for fire watchtowers using GIS and Remote Sensing. Fire inducing factors like vegetation density, topography, proximity to village & road, fire frequency, fire intensity, NWFP collection areas etc., have been taken by assigning weightage in identification of fire risk zones and their prioritization. The inter relationship for these factors was established and finally a criterion based analysis have been performed for identification and zonation of fire risk zones from lowest to highest risk. The identification of suitable sites for locating new watchtowers has been done by integrating and modeling of forest fire risk zone map, existing watchtowers and water source availability in GIS. Based on this results watchtower were divided into three categories–newly suggested, retainable and removable. All the points were confirmed with ground truth, which suited the requirement.