Wildland fire suppression for the State of New Jersey covering Middlesex and Monmouth Counties in Central New Jersey

B10’s primary response areas include: East Brunswick Twp, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Twp, Helmetta, Holmdel Twp, Jamesburg, Manalapan Twp, Marlboro Twp, Monroe Twp, Old Bridge Twp, Sayreville, South Brunswick Twp, South River, Spotswood and surrounding towns as requested.

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The New Jersey Forest Fire Service’s primary response area is 3.72 million acres, comprising 77% of the state’s land area

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Section B10
Current Fire Danger

TODAY IS A CLASS 3 DAY

Buildup Index: 12
State of the WX: Broken clouds
KBDI: 20
Temp: 80
Relative Humidity: 53%
Fine Fuel Moisture: 6.5
Spread: 22
Wind: SW at 9 mph/G 25
Class day updated 03/11/26 at 1405 hrs

 

USFS/Rutgers Fire Danger Monitoring Consoles

 

NJ BURNING RESTRICTIONS

No campfire restrictions are currently in effect

 

-SPECIAL NOTICES-
WEATHER ALERTS

 

Thursday 03/12/26
Some overnight rain totals from passing thunderstorms

West Milford- 1.14”
Jefferson Twp- 1.12”
Blairstown- .96”
Andover- .89”
Vernon- .80”
Chester- .67”
Bridgewater- .62”
Hopewell- .57”
Lebanon- .54”
Tabernacle- .45”
Mays Landing- .40”
Frenchtown- .39”
Sayreville- .33”
Cheesequake- .22”
Coyle Field- .22”
Medford- .22”
Hammonton- .21”
Toms River- .16”
Manchester- .14”
Lacey Twp- .13”
Stafford- .08”
Howell- .08”
Monro (Middlesex)- .04”
Freehold- .03”
Woodbine- 0”

 
 

03/07/26- One of our NJFFS Section Firewarden’s, Quincy Jones C-4, needs help on his battle with cancer. Please help if you can and share this link.

 
 

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Div B Annual Mandatory RT-130 Refresher Dates

REMAINING DATE

Sections B1 & B3- 03/14/26 at 0900 hrs at Camp Ockanickon


Mandatory Annual Out West Refresher

Sunday 03/15/26 at 9:00 am at Coyle Field

(This class is required for personnel planning to work out of state)


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12/05/25- Murphy administration issues statewide drought warning
02/06/26- NJDEP reminds everyone that this drought warning is still in effect. Even with the recent snows, there has been no change in drought status.


 

 

NJFFS FIRE TOWER STAFFING

Division B fire towers are DOWN today

 

CURRENT NJ WILDFIRE ACTIVITY

03/12/26
***PRESCRIBED BURNING TODAY***


Please remember, “No Drones in Fire Zones - If YOU fly, WE can't!”

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

 

 
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Remember, No Drones in Fire Zones -
If YOU fly, WE can't!

There are serious consequences to flying an unauthorized drone near a wildfire.
During a wildfire, our aircraft fly low to the ground, often at the same altitude that a drone would fly. If a drone is detected flying over or near a wildfire, all Forest Fire Service air support will be grounded - hampering suppression and observation efforts.
Please do your part, and prevent interfering with wildfire suppression by
staying grounded.

 

WILDFIRE NEWS

March 12, 2026

03/12/26 Texas- Wildfire updates for 14,000 acre ‘Yellow Wildfire’

 

03/12/26 Australia- ‘Mundaring Fire’ destroys homes and blackens farms

 

03/12/26 South Carolina- Over 900 acre brush fire contained in Cainhoy

 

03/12/26 North Carolina- Brush fire burning Thursday in eastern Wake County

 

03/12/26 Chester County, PA- Unleashing ‘The Beast’: Twin Valley FD debuts new powerhouse to fight brush fires

 

03/12/26 Texas- The ‘Eastern’ Fire in Randall County, 100 acres burned; 100% contained

 


REGIONAL NEWS/FIRE INCIDENTS

03/12/26 Hudson County, NJ- Firefighter, 4 others hurt in Jersey City house fire Wednesday afternoon

 

03/12/26 New York City- 2 firefighters injured in Brooklyn commercial building fire

 


RANDOM SHOTS FROM AROUND THE REGION

03/12/26 Section B10- B10 crews opened up Dock Road, a primary fire access road in Cheesequake State Park on 03/10/26, due to multiple trees down from winter storms

 

03/12/26 Section B2- The Batsto Fire Tower during the ‘Mullica River Wildfire’ in Wharton State Forest on 06/19/22

 

03/12/26 Section B10- Some of the B10 crew poses during training in 1995

 
 
 

S130/S190 ONLINE TRAINING LINKS

Wildland Fire Learning Portal

Once inside, go to the right side of the home page and click ‘On Demand Self Enroll Course's’ for S-130/S-190

 
 
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Don’t forget to visit our B10 Facebook page and the NJFFS Section B10 YouTube channel!

Links of interest:
Wildfire Today Wildfire news & opinion
Random Ramblings Aerial wildland firefighting

 

NJDEP | Ember Awareness - New Jersey Forest Fire Service

 

B10 FEATURED VIDEO OF THE DAY

03/10/26- Recent pump and roll operations at a brush fire in Kansas

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