I am so very proud of all the NJFFS firefighters, municipal aid firefighters, and contract aircraft for an absolutely great job containing this fire in 24 hours during Red Flag conditions. You honor us with your service so that we may be as safe as possible from wildfires. I spent an hour watching footage of you fighting the fire and saving homes and have read media reports of residents thanking you for saving their houses. It could have been a lot worse. I want to give a special shout out to the US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly for your forecasts, you gave plenty of warning about the fire danger ensuring that firefighters knew what to expect.
You might be interested in two recent articles from New Jersey Advance Media :
- Firefighters saved my home with a photo gallery, March 15th.
- Homeless couple lost everything, March 17th
Here is a nice video from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, just under three minutes, about the brush fire that burned in Lakewood and Brick Township (Ocean County, NJ) on March 14-15. Greg McLaughlin, Chief of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service summarizes the recent brush fire. For those who are interested, I wrote three posts about this brush fire: March 14th, and two on March 15th (one in the morning and the second late afternoon).
Direct link to New Jersey Forest Fire Facebook post (I hope that this link works for you)
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