I was laying low for a couple of days and am back now. I first read about the Hampton Gate fire that has burned around 150 acres in this thread in the wildland fire hotlist. As I understand it the fire was first spotted in a remote and difficult to access area of the Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens of NJ on Saturday afternoon and is at least 75% contained. As I write this the NJFFS Section B10 website is reporting in their current wildfire activity section that two SEATs worked the fire yesterday.You will have to scroll down to see the current NJ wildfire activity section of the B10 website, and they update this current wildfire activity section periodically so you may see different fire activity when you visit.
The slide show that is embedded at the top of this post is from myfoxphilly, here is a direct link to their article and the slideshow; as I write this myfoxphilly is reporting that the fire is contained.
I'll try to follow up on news of this fire as the day goes on and will update this article as appropriate.
April 7, 7:36 PM
My friends at Downstown Aero confirmed that two SEATs worked the Hampton Gate fire for two hours on Saturday, April 6: Bravo-2 (Turbo Cat) and Charlie 1 (Air Tractor 602). Eddie Carter, the pilot of Charlie-1 took a photo of Bravo 2 over the Hampton Gate fire yesterday. Downstown completed the turbo conversion on this Turbo Cat (N6762Q) over the winter. She has a Pratt and Whitney PT6A-28, 680 hp engine with a tank capacity of 400 gallons. She is real purty! They gave me permission to share this photo with you.
According to the contract schedule, she should be on contract in Division A (designation will be Alpha-2) starting April 8 through April 29. I am so glad that we will have her in my part of NJ for three weeks during the spring fire season.
Stay safe!
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| Bravo-2 (Turbo Cat) over Hampton Gate fire (Tabernacle NJ) on April 6, 2013 |
April 8, 1:40 PM
The latest information that I have on this fire is from the Wildland Fire hotlist - eastern region forums where they report, in a post made about 10 AM this morning, that fire remains at 75 percent containment having burned 150 acres. There remains unburned fuels in the interior of the fire that are inaccessible, there is no threat posed. Containment will not be reached until these fuels burn themselves out.
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