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Proudly providing wildland fire suppression and training to the following towns in Middlesex and Monmouth counties in central New Jersey: East Brunswick Twp, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Twp, Helmetta, Jamesburg, Manalapan Twp, Marlboro Twp, Monroe Twp, Old Bridge Twp, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Brunswick Twp, South River, Spotswood and surrounding towns as requested.

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

SECTION B10 CURRENT FIRE DANGER

TODAY IS A CLASS 1 DAY

BUILDUP INDEX- 12

RELATIVE HUMIDITY- 67%

HAINES INDEX- 2

KBDI- 10

WIND- W @ 7 mph

Updated 10/20/18 at 1430 hours

Class day updated daily by about 1430 hours

NJ Fire Danger Monitoring Consoles

SOUTH- Div B/C

NORTH- Div A

NEW JERSEY CAMPFIRE RESTRICTIONS

There are no current restrictions

SPECIAL NOTICES/WEATHER ALERTS

B10 Truck & Equipment Check

Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 0800 hrs at B10 HQ
All are welcome to attend

ICS Training

The NJFFS and Morganville FD will be hosting
ICS 200 and ICS 400 classes

ICS 200 class- October 29th & 30th starting at 1900 hrs both nights

ICS 400 class- November 7th, 8th, 14th & 15th starting at 1900 hrs all four nights

Both classes will be held at the Morganville FD firehouse on Rt 79, Morganville

Contact John Rieth @ john.rieth@dep.nj.gov to sign up

CURRENT NJ WILDFIRE ACTIVITY

There is no current sizable activity

When in doubt about the source of the smoke or fire,
call 9-1-1 or 877-WARN-DEP (877-927-6337)

NJFFS FIRE TOWER STATUS

Division B fire towers are DOWN today

Fire tower hours of operation 0945-1745

SAFETY ALERTS/WILDLAND FIRE LESSONS LEARNED LINKS

09/26/18- Horns Mountain Fire- SEAT Emergency Landing (WA)
09/23/18- Hirz Fire Hit By Rock Medevac (CA)
09/19/18- Taylor Creek Fire Use Of Drones (OR)
09/07/18- Horns Mountain Fire Fatality (WA)
08/29/18- Rattlesnake Creek Fire Hit By Tree (ID)
08/22/18- Ranch Fire Tree Strike Fatality (CA)
08/15/18- Carr Fire Entrapment Fatalities (CA)
07/14/18- Martin Fire Pick-up Truck Fuel Tank Incident (NV)
07/08/18- Fawn Fire Engine Rollover (CO)
07/08/18- Horse Park Fire Entrapment (CO)
07/07/18- Lake Christine dozer rollover (CO)
04/30/18- The NEW IRPG is out (and it's purple)
12/17/17- Thomas Fire hazmat mitigation (CA)
12/09/17- Thomas Fire entrapment (CA)
12/05/17- Creek Fire dozer rollover (CA)
10/25/17- Coyote RxB entrapment (AZ)
09/12/17- Hauser Road engine rollover (CO)
08/09/17- Vehicle USB radio interference

Wildland Lessons Learned Home

NJ Forest Fire Service Live Radio Feeds

Click on this radio tower for Division A (Northern NJ)

Click on this radio tower for Division B (Central NJ)

Click on this radio tower for Division C (Southern NJ)

(Also includes Atlantic county fire/EMS)

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