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Strawberry Field (FAA LID: 89NJ) is a private-use airport located two miles north of Mays Landing in Atlantic County, New Jersey in the United States. It is owned by and operated as an air attack base by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service in its wildfire suppression and aerial firefighting efforts.
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 firefighting personnel (career civil service positions ...
Today, these 21 towers provide New Jersey an inexpensive and effective first response system that aids the New Jersey Forest Fire Service in quickly suppressing and in preventing damage caused by reported wildfires. The Forest Fire Service estimates that 25 percent of wildfires within the state every year are first spotted by a lookout. [7]
The Jennings Creek fire has burned at least 3,500 acres on the New York and New Jersey border. It was just 20% contained as of Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Michael Guillen/NY Post
It said the forest fire service has responded to more than 530 blazes since early October, a more than 1,300% increase from the same period last year. Burlington County spokesman Dave Levinsky ...
Pursuant to N.J.S.A 13:9-13 [2], the New Jersey Forest Fire Service is led by a "State Firewarden" serving under the NJDEP Commissioner who "shall administer and supervise the Forest Fire Service, cooperating agencies, and such laws as shall deal with the protection of forests, from wildfire". [3] The current state firewarden is William ...
An additional 25 structures remained at risk late Wednesday, according to officials, who had dubbed the flames, Shotgun Wildfire. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service was on the scene with fire ...
In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.In its most visible role, the Division is directly responsible for the management and operation of New Jersey's public park system which includes 42 state parks, 11 state forests, 3 recreation areas, and more than 50 historic sites and ...