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The Forest Fire Service is responsible for protecting 3.15 million acres of both private and public land. Division B, in central New Jersey, covers Middlesex, Monmouth, Burlington and Ocean counties.
The Forest Fire Service maintains a system of twenty one fire observation towers at strategic locations throughout the state. At least one tower in each division is operated whenever the woods are dry enough to burn. All towers are staffed during the months of March, April, May, October and November.
There are ten sections within Division B. Each section is staffed with a full time fire warden. Sections are further divided into districts with part time district wardens assigned.
Here in section 10, we have (3) 4x4 brush trucks and a flatbed truck that carries the tractor/plow. A new tanker may also be in our near future to replace our old military tanker 4F29 which was retired in 2002.
Section 10 protects over 50,000 acres of forest, 2400 acres of marsh and over 24,000 acres of farm/agricultural land. There are three state parks located within section 10. Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge Township consisting of 1,292 acress. Monmouth Battlefield State Park located in Manalapan Township covering 2,366 acres. And Pigeon Swamp State Park located in South Brunswick Township which is an undeveloped 1,200 acre tract.
Children......................................15.6 %
Misc...........................................15.7 %
Smokers.......................................7.0 %
Debris Burning..............................4.1 %
Campfires.....................................3.8 %
Equipment Use..............................4.7 %
False Alarms.................................5.9 %
Railroads......................................3.3 %
Lightning......................................0.7 %
in Ocean county (Photo by Kevin Curry- NJFFS)
isional shops with an equipment development center located in Mays Landing. Aviation headquarters is located at Coyle Field in Burlington county.
The service builds all of its own initial attack vehicles. Starting with a new truck cab and chassis, a utility body, pump, tank, caging and special reinforcing are added to complete the vehicle. This in-house production saves $40,000 per vehicle over what it would cost to
purchase it new from a commercial fire truck manufacturer.
The Forest Fire Service also converts and modifies federal excess military vehicles into specialized fire fighting equipment.
NJ Forest Fire Service Apparatus Roster & Operations Guide
Updated 07/06/08
