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The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Saturday that the blaze has now burned an estimated 4000 acres (1618.74 hectares), but they report having made “substantial progress” in containing the ...
A wildfire is still raging four days after officials say fireworks were set off in Wharton State Forest on the Fourth of July.
A fast-moving forest fire has burned several hundred acres in southern New Jersey. The blaze in the Wharton State Forest was reported early Friday. Officials believe it began in the area of the ...
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) is an agency within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the Forest Fire Service is the largest firefighting department within the state of New Jersey in the United States with 85 full-time professional ...
In order to aid its efforts in wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service operates a system of 21 fire towers at locations throughout the state of New Jersey in the United States. [2] From these fire towers, using an instrument called the Osborne Fire Finder, or an alidade, and topographical maps, trained ...
In the state of New Jersey in the United States, a State Firewarden is appointed as the administrative director of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is an agency within the state's Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and directly overseen by that department's Division of Parks and Forestry. Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire ...
Wharton State Forest, located in Burlington, Atlantic and Camden counties, is the largest single tract of land within the New Jersey park system. The state forest is more than 110,000 acres.
A wildfire burning across the pinelands in Burlington County scorched 4,000 acres by Saturday morning, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The Tea Time Hill fire in Wharton State ...