Random Ramblings: Aerial Wildland Firefighting

I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.

Friday, March 10, 2023

NJ Forest Fire Service: Spring 2023 Prescribed Burning Season (March 10th)

Prescribed burning season continues in New Jersey with 11 prescribed burns that were conducted around NJ on March 9th including one in Old Bridge (Middlesex County NJ). As you can see from the embedded post below from the NJ Forest Fire Service, prescribed burning continues today, March 10th.

Thanks to the NJFFS Section B10 who posts videos on various aspects of wildland firefighting on a daily basis, I learned about a nice video from CBS2 in New York City taken from one of their helicopters over a prescribed burn in Old Bridge NJ. Now, I am not certain that the footage you will see in this short video was shot on March 9th and that may not matter, it is good footage. I loved this video because I have not seen much aerial footage of a prescribed burn. I am not sure how it came to pass that the helicopter from CBS2 in New York City was over this prescribed burn. Was it intentional or luck? If it was luck and being in the right place at the right time to get this footage, kudos to Jim Smith from CBS2 or his producers for getting good information from the NJ Forest Fire Service about their prescribed burning program.