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.

Direct link to video on YouTube from CBSNewYork reported by Jim Smith