The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has a crew, NJS#1, deployed to the Dollar Ridge Fire (Duchesne, Utah). Current information on crews deployed from the Eastern Area Coordination Center (EACC), including New Jersey, may be found on the EACC Interagency Resource Representative (IARR) Report, updated daily when crews are deployed to other parts of the country. According the EACC, the New Jersey crew is currently deployed (July 11th) to Division W constructing indirect fireline and is getting hot meals at spike camp.
As I write this on July 11th, the Dollar Ridge Fire has burned 52,256 acres and is at 50 percent containment. The fire was caused by humans. On July 5th, an IMET trainee from the NWS Fairbanks, Alaska was deployed to the fire (see this Facebook Post from the NWS IMET. The fact that an IMET trainee was deployed to this fire means that an IMET was already working the fire.
Some short videos for your enjoyment. Thanks to the crew from New Jersey helping fight the Dollar Ridge fire, stay safe.
Direct link to video on Youtube (July 4th)
Direct link to video from 97.1 ZHT on Youtube
Direct link to video from 97.1 ZHT on Youtube
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