Picatinny Arsenal (NJ) Wildfire contained

In the last paragraph of the post I made yesterday, I reported on a wildfire that was burning at the Picatinny Arsenal in northern New Jersey. The Picatinny Arsenal is a federal facility, and when the folk at Picatinny discovered the fire they called in the NJ Forest Fire Service. I was not quite sure if one or both of the NJFFS SEATs (AGCats) based in northern NJ, Alpha-2 and Alpha-3 were used on yesterday's fire. I have since been in contact with my friend at Downstown Aero asking how if one or both AgCats made drops on he fire. The answer is that both Alpha-2 and Alpha-3 made multiple drops on the fire. At the time of this writing, the folk at the NJFFS Section B-10 webpage have a picture posted from the Picatinny Fire showing a helo with a bucket, confirming reports I heard that one of the NJFFS helos was making bucket drops on the fire. According to this final sitrep on the fire from this post in the wildland fire hotlist thread on the fire, the fire was mapped at 35 acres last night, and was contained at 8 PM (20:00) EDT last night (April 16). The complete initial attack thread from the wildlandfire hotlist, including the final sitrep referenced above may be found here.

For more information on this fire you might want to read a report on
NJ.com (April 16), also referenced in the wildland fire hotlist initial attack on the fire.