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| obtained on April 17th from a NJ Forest Fire Service April 17 Facebook post |
As we are near the peak of the wildfire season here in New Jersey (see this April 16th press release from the NJ Dept of Environmental Protection) I want to urge all operators from the general public of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones not to fly your UAS or drone around a wildfire of any size. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has this to say in an April 17th Facebook Post:
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service would like to remind you, please do not fly your
UAS or Drone near or around a wildfire, no matter how large or small.
Your actions may have devastating effects to firefighting aircraft and personnel on the fire.
In addition, we would like to remind you that drones are not permitted to be flown from any lands managed by the New Jersey State Park Service.
The full drone policy on lands managed by the New Jersey State Park Service may be found here. Note that exceptions are made for search and rescue, firefighting, law enforcement and other governmental first response who request permission from the State. Emergency uses of drones and UAS (e.g. firefighting) are immediately approved).
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