Section B10 News                                                                  NJFFS CREW INFO CENTER
Important News:   STAY INFORMED!
B10 Recent Fires/Incidents: 2012 year-to-date total- 9
02/06/12- Old Bridge- End of Mulberry Dr, Pine Gate Apts- .25 acres forest- B10
02/01/12- Freehold Twp- Rt 9 smoke invest- B10
01/31/12- Englishtown- illegal open burn- B10
01/29/12- Monroe- behind 24 New St- False Alarm chiminea smoke- B10
01/15/12- Helmetta- Jamesburg County Park, Helmetta Blvd-  B37
01/09/12- Englishtown- illegal open burn- B10
01/08/12- Old Bridge- Riverdale Ave near the lakes- .25 acres- B37
01/07/12- Marlboro- Tennent Rd- .25 acres grass- B25
01/06/12- Old Bridge- RT 18 & Ferry Rd- smoke invest/False alarm- B10
11/28/11- Old Bridge- behind 139 Texas Rd- .25 acres forest- B10/B25
11/12/11- Manalapan- Fells Dr, Hidden Pond Dev- .25 acres forest- B10
11/12/11- Old Bridge- near Sandberg School- .25 acres forest- B10
11/06/11- Sayreville- N. Edwards St- .25 acres grass- B10
11/05/11- Monroe Twp- Monmouth Rd behind the Rec Center- .25 acres forest. - B10
10/29/11- Freehold Twp- Rt 9 near Monmouth Battlefield SP- False alarm

10/19/11- Jamesburg- On RR tracks behind Busco's- large debris pile & brush- B44
2011 section total for year- 55 incidents/fires
2010 section total for year- 112 Incidents/fires
Events:
IN MEMORIAM
Ed Smith
February 15, 2005
Operator of B37
Former B10 District Warden and member of Robertsville Fire Company, Marlboro Twp
1955 NJFFS Line of Duty Death-
District Firewarden
George Herbert
Division & Statewide News:
Michael Ballina- 01/15/06- Section B7 crewman, Associate member of Toms River Fire Co #1, member of Toms River First Aid Squad.
Michael was a frequent contributor to this web site with news items, weather info and photos.
Section Warden's Page: Last Updated  09/21/11
       Congratulations to newly appointed B10 Section Warden Trevor Raynor
**USFS Nationwide Large Fires Map**
NIFC Wildland Radio Communications Guide
www.sectionb10.org
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Harold Stillwell
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NEW! 2012 NJ Forest Fire Apparatus Roster & Operations Guide NEW!
FIRE WARDEN or CREW
MEMBER. These are the decals
we stick to our rear windshields.
To order, email Dave at:
Central NJ District Wardens Assoc- Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday
   of every month (except June & July) at Double Trouble State Park, 7:30 pm.
   Open to all Div B wardens & deputies.
Next meeting Wednesday 02/15/12.
Clyde Larry Boyce Sr.
October 9, 2007
Former B10 Deputy District Warden and member of Robertsville Fire Co., Marlboro Twp.
Robert (Klimo) Klimowicz
July 6, 2008
Former B10 Deputy District Warden and member of South Old Bridge Fire Co.
10" fire warden decals
$10.00 ea.
10" or 6" rocker decals
10"- $7.00 ea.
6"- $5.00 ea.
To order above decals, email Dave at: escaladedave@hotmail.com
$4.00 ea
NJ Forest Fire Service DECALS
Kenneth Louis "Wimpy" Miller
July 16, 2008
Operator of B25
Former B10 Special Firewarden, retired B10 District Firewarden, retired Marlboro Twp police officer,
Life member of the Morganville Ind. Fire Co. and Moganville First Aid Squad, former Marlboro Twp fire
commissioner for Dist 3 and Marlboro Twp OEM coordinator.
Training/Drills/Meetings:
10/05/08- US Air Force Investigation Report for the Warren Grove Wildfire
Random Ramblings: Aerial Wildland Firefighting Blog
NIMS Directives & Liability NEW!  (PDF file)
CREWMEMBER
OU
T OF STOCK
(Crew member out of stock)
S130/S190 now on-line! via the NWCG web site
Basic Wildland Firefighter
04/24/10- The Day Monroe Burned (news article of the major 1985 fire)
NJ Forest Fire Service Incident Management Team Homepage
The 1977 Bass River Fire- Weather conditions associated with the fatal fire
NEW NJ Forest Fire Service Radio Plan Adopted April 2011
Note: Structure protection receive frequency should read 154.265, not 145.265
04/12/11- NJ Experts plan response in case of forest fire (news link) scan
NJ Forest Fire Service- Grant Opportunities
More NJ Forest Fire Service decals
Helmet rockers
$8 per set
"FIREWARDEN"
"DEPUTY FIREWARDEN"
or
"FOREST FIRE SERVICE"
NJFFS Patch decal
Reflective $3.50
Non-reflective $2
Central Jersey District Firewardens Assoc.
$2 ea
(members only)
Window decal
non-reflective
$4 ea
FIREWARDEN
or
CREW MEMBER
To purchase
Contact Jim:
smokey1800@yahoo.com
Add $2 postage to each order  (up to 12 items)
When ordering, please specify your title, section & district
07/10/11- Future B10 RxB Projects
Wildfire Today Blog
08/09/11- NJ Firewarden keep watch over Pine Barrens (new link & video)
Garry Potts, 55
July 4, 2011
B10 Deputy District Warden
Life member of the Monmouth Junction FD
11/22/11- NJ Firewarden Scott Knauer receives county recognition award
11/25/11- NJ Fire Dept officer requirements from the NJ DCA
Monmouth County Page- Coming soon!
  
Monmouth County Mutual Aid Response Plan (link)
Middlesex County Page- Coming soon!
Wildland Urban Interface Class (WUI)- Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at
   the Keyport First Aid Bldg, at 7 pm

Wildland Urban Interface Class
(WUI)- Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at
   Sand Hook, at 8 am
Middlesex County Tanker Task Force Drill- May 5, 2012 at 8 am
  Spring 2012 Contract Aircraft Schedule
   ALPHA 2 - Agcat 300 based at Aeroflex Airport- 03/26 - 05/04
   ALPHA 3 - Agcat 300 based at Aeroflex Airport- 04/07 - 04/21
   BRAVO 1 - Air Tractor 602 based at Coyle Field- 03/31 - 05/07
   CHARLIE 1 - Air Tractor 602 based at Downstown Airport- 03/30 - 05/06

   If additional Agcats are assigned to Coyle or Downstown, they will be           designated as BRAVO 2, BRAVO 3 and CHARLIE 2, CHARLIE 3 respectively

   The annual contract air safety meeting will be held at Downstown on Tuesday,     March 6 at 10 am. Folks that should attend are division air coordinators, air          base dispatchers and loaders. 
02/04/12- The Southern Pine Beetle web page- info and continued updates