Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Fire activity in NJ on April 7: update #1

An update on the Red Flag Warnings covering all of New Jersey today. I have been listening to scanner feed from Division B of the NJFFS (central NJ) and have heard about some of these fires reported on the Section B10 webpage:

Two fires under control:

1. Howell Township (Monmouth County) -- Section B8, acreage unknown, Bravo 2 (Ag-Cat) made three drops, status UC at 12:39 on April 7

2. Marlboro Twp (Monmouth County) -- Section B10 .50 forest - Status UC at 1438 on April 7

Updated April 8 at 12:15 PM
As of 15:00 on April 7, there are three fires in Pemberton Twsp in the Ongs Hat area (Burlington County) in Section B3. Bravo 1 (AT-602) and Bravo 2 (Ag Cat) are making drops. I have hiked near here on a couple of occasions. Late in the day on April 7, the NJFFS Section B10 website reported the status of this fire as UC.

Stay safe everyone! I don't know the status of any fire activity in Divisions A or C. I am going to keep listening to the Division B scanner feed.

Note added April 8, 9:50 PM
Note that the NJFFS Section B-10 website is updated frequently. For example, the section on current NJ wildfire activity that I am referring to is updated as new fire activity occurs and older fires drop off the list.  Perhaps you are visiting here for the first time several days after April 7 and reading this article for the first time. Perhaps you are reading some of the other articles I wrote on April 7 about that day's wildfire activity in NJ. In this scenario, when you go to the Section B-10 webpage you are going to see postings about what will then be current NJ wildfire activity and not for today's fires.

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