My house was in this video a fair bit. I'm extraordinarily thankful for all the work that was put in last night.

I would invite folks to learn about about wild-land firefighting 😀 Relatively little water is actually used on wild-land fires as the fire-load is just too vast, rather they are largely fought by removing fuel from it's path. Natural breaks are used along with man made ones and the fire is guided into the break where it is starved of fuel. Water is largely used to put out spot fires and help with containment, along with protecting structures. With small slow moving fires water can be the primary method to get things stopped, but generally speaking the faster or larger the fire water is less of an option.

Part of the reason why the footage is so good is because of the access he is given by the firefighters and police. There’s a mutual respect there that’s grown over time and it makes me think they also like what he’s doing!

Got to love New Jersey, the amount of resources they can call in and that was probably from just few surrounding county's.

@LJ11420

Жыл бұрын

Ya compare that to California 2018 Paradise fire, (Camp fire). We had crews from Los Angeles and maybe even to the most southern parts of California.

I'm thrilled to see them letting the fire take it's course and clean up all the excess fuel load. This is why wildfires are not necessarily a bad thing. You need the small ones to prevent the big ones. Excellent footage once again, and thank you to the numerous agencies involved for keeping structures safe while letting nature take it's course.

Pretty good video here thanks for sharing They were really busy yesterday in Jersey City and Teaneck as well keep up the good work brother

@jerseyshorefireresponse

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Awesome Job on covering fire. Thank you for what you do.

As long as I been a fire fighter I never saw anything this devastating My Daughter Tracy is a fire fighter Perhaps she just made Captain I want to say I'm Very Proud of her . stay safe Fire fighters . God be with you.

@MichaelThorpeNJ

Жыл бұрын

We're you here in 77` ?

@psdesert7907

Жыл бұрын

Having lived in CA for 20 years, I’ve seen plenty of these. Some that took out entire towns. Stay safe and congrats to your daughter

@charlieirvin5423

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelThorpeNJ I live here In New Jersey I was In the US Navy at that time My daughter Joined the Fire Department 15 Years ago I retired at age 60 .

@rickhammond2473

Жыл бұрын

Devastating? This is a forest fire you know burns acreage this happens all over the world.

@robertm8931

Жыл бұрын

This was a ‘good’ fire… meaning zero injuries and zero structures damaged. They were all very lucky 🍀 Nothing devastating here at all.

Had a feeling you’d be posting this fire !!! Good job brother

@jerseyshorefireresponse

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!!

Tough situation out there...Sounded like the wind was blowing pretty strong, too! Stay safe, everyone; thanks for the fire coverage!

That brings back😢 memories, back in the 70's when I was 18. I worked for the forestry service, put out forest fires in Montana. Some of those memories I'll carry forever. Thank you to all firefighters everywhere for protecting the citizens of your coverage area.

Thank you for the video

Worked in Lakehurst for years and this happened more than you think. Hope my friends there are ok.

Good coverage, Thank you. And many thanks to our heros out there.

Around 5:30-6:00pm lastnight I was driving through Jackson and Manchester heading into Toms River and the smoke was really heavy!!!

All those shining, well-maintained fire suppression vehicles was a sight to see. Fire, wind and water, those things that shape our lives and the world, something to behold.

Just drove through Manchester and Lakehurst, still burning. Forestry trucks everywhere.

Putting out some exciting videos! Good video work. These "brush" fires are tricky in developed areas. Tough work for the firefighters.

Been hearing about this all day. I'm in CNJ, but i hope for the best down south.

great video

Shared and liked

Love the commentary. Ignore the haters. Love the coverage of the fire. Massive fire too! That wind is blowing hard!

@joyfullone3968

Жыл бұрын

Wind is fire’s best friend!😱

@brickmontbuilds

Жыл бұрын

@@joyfullone3968 Oh yeah. Tell me about it...

Bud do you have any way to do all the audio

As a Beckerville resident, this was the scariest night of my life

5:53 looks like they were doing a controlled burn in front of it to clear out its fuel. That guy was walking in front of the flames with a fuel can. Using the road as a dead zone I guess. Maybe hence why they are watching to be sure it doesn’t cross. 14:08 you can see the fire burning in the background, and green near the road, but they burned all the underbrush down between the fire and the road. It’s all black and ash looking. Well done! When that guy standing on the truck started ripping down the street it looked like the fire changed direction or broke past their firebreak.??

NICE VIDEO! But what strikes me is that I see many (very) beautiful vehicles driving by or parked, but hardly any firefighting.

@catdaddy2402

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the best thing to do with a wildfire is to set up to protect the exposures, do patrols to put out spot fires and just let the fire burn. With as low and slow as this fire was burning it's actually doing a benefit to the forest as it reduces future fire load and provides a wonderful environment for fire dependent plant species to thrive while killing off invasive species that aren't adapted to deal with fire. In a few weeks the area will green up providing plenty of food and cover for the wildlife in the area.

I live in Jackson I have family in Manchester. I'm still waiting for a damage report. That is a huge dangerous fire. I would not like looking out my back window and seeing such a huge fire. Glad to see all those fire crews.

@LJ11420

Жыл бұрын

How many people in Manchester?

There is a massive fire burning in West Milford currently

Piney woods and Indian grass make for big fires.

Like the commentary!

Major news networks should be buying footage from this channel if they aren’t already.

I live in lakehurst and let me tell you. It was like the end of the world. Most scary I've ever been in my life

Fire trucks must have really good engines, they constantly run and I don't see any overheat.

@daveyoder9231

Жыл бұрын

Fire trucks are built to run continuously. They have heavy duty cooling systems to allow that.

@jerseyshorefireresponse

Жыл бұрын

Interesting point!

As a person who lives in California, this is a small wildfire.

@NJtoAzMountainBiker

Жыл бұрын

The pitch pines burn hotter than what you have. Two totally different beast.

@LJ11420

Жыл бұрын

@@NJtoAzMountainBiker Ya I agree but California's were larger.

@NJtoAzMountainBiker

Жыл бұрын

@@LJ11420 This was a small fast moving fire. There are others that have happened that burn a lot more a lot faster too. Again two totally different land scapes and vegetation burning.

@LJ11420

Жыл бұрын

@@NJtoAzMountainBiker Yes, I know.

This is the first time I have heard of structure protection

@daveyoder9231

Жыл бұрын

Very common out west. Structure engines, what most people think of fire engines, are not optimal for wildland fires, but keep houses from catching fire by putting out spot fires, and cooling embers that land on roofs.

Massive! That’s a tiny joke of a fire here in California! 300,000 acres is a Massive fire dude! We have air support here that would stop that in hours

@karlkrikelis5933

Жыл бұрын

But you have a paid fire service. These guys beside NJFFS are volunteers.

people tend to forget that these fires need to happen.... short fast burns vs some long drawn out superheated over fueled inferno from not allowing it to happen.... People build in bad places..

I don't see any water being put on this fire. Is there a reason why?

@virgilhilts3924

Жыл бұрын

@Wendy Bentzley I would invite to learn about about wild-land firefighting 😀 Relatively little water is actually used on wild-land fires as the fire-load is just too vast, rather they are largely fought by removing fuel from it's path. Natural breaks are used along with man made ones and the fire is guided into the break where it is starved of fuel. Water is largely used to put out spot fires and help with containment, along with protecting structures. With small slow moving fires water can be the primary method to get things stopped, but generally speaking the faster or larger the fire water is less of an option.

If you have a protective filter on your lens, That's what is causing the extra lighting from the LEDs,

@jerseyshorefireresponse

Жыл бұрын

Just the iPhone camera need a lens hood for it somehow

Scary omg

I am one of the wildland fire fighter stand there

It’s at the 10,000 Anchors Mark

I have a question and this is NOT criticisme....i saw a forest ranger walking around with a can, presumably to light a controlled fire stop line. My question is....why were the firefighters not putting water on the large volume of fire ? Better/easier to let it burn ?

@virgilhilts3924

Жыл бұрын

I would invite to learn about about wild-land firefighting 😀 Relatively little water is actually used on wild-land fires as the fire-load is just too vast, rather they are largely fought by removing fuel from it's path. Natural breaks are used along with man made ones and the fire is guided into the break where it is starved of fuel. Water is largely used to put out spot fires and help with containment, along with protecting structures. With small slow moving fires water can be the primary method to get things stopped, but generally speaking the faster or larger the fire water is less of an option.

@NJtoAzMountainBiker

Жыл бұрын

These woods need to burn in order to start new trees. Part of the ecosystem for the pitch pines

@lazz717

Жыл бұрын

Let's just say more water was used for structure protection than actually putting out the fire. Fire lines are the easiest way to put out a forest fire...

Hate to see this but hoping it will get rid of some ticks and chiggers.

yea my department doesn't allow anyone that isn't fire units in the incident command area or in any hot zones

It is burning like a Christmas tree

THIS FIRE IS TOO MUCH FOR THEM.......ALL THEY CAN DO IS WATCH.....

It is still burning

Thanks for the coverage. I wonder why water air drops weren’t used. Perhaps they don’t fly at night.

@skimmer8774

Жыл бұрын

They don't. Ever.

@lazz717

Жыл бұрын

They had 2 Blackhawks from the National Guard actually doing water drops.

@franktino6676

Жыл бұрын

​@@skimmer8774 Air drops were utilized in this wildfire by both the State of New Jersey Forestry Service and by Army Guard and ANG units as was also done in past wildfires in Ocean County NJ in 2022,2021.

Are they waiting until it gets to the road?😮

@markboelte1415

Жыл бұрын

They are letting it burn. Not a lot of fuel on the ground now, so if it burns now it won't be there next year with more to make a worse fire. They stage fire trucks by buildings to protect them but it is better if the fire burns itself out.

@virgilhilts3924

Жыл бұрын

The road is a convenient fire break

don't they have any hydrants there? just standing and watching instead of using a deck gun and saving even a peace of forest

I just hope the animals find a safe place to go.

The best device to fight that fire was the guy with the drip torch. Burn out and get out.

You know it might be burning till

Its ripping ...

Hope animals can get out of it! Poor creatures.😂

So scary! My brother was evacuated from his house in Lakehurst last night. He's watching my 2 dogs for a couple of weeks, so he had to stuff 4 dogs and 2 cats in his car and haul butt out of there!

@Chrislimey38

Жыл бұрын

What was the outcome? No houses burned down I hope.

@alyssaward9658

Жыл бұрын

We were evacuated as well. Our home is featured in the 4:00 time of the video. No structural damage nor any injuries were reported. The first responders and forestry service did an amazing job last night saving our town and we are beyond grateful!

3900 acres is nothing for a forest fire out west. For NJ where we average 7,000 acres per year it's pretty friggin big. One of the problems is that out west they have a lot more experience dealing with them and train on them more often. We definitely need to step up the controlled burns in the area too. I hope everyone is safe and that no houses are lost.

@ffjsb

Жыл бұрын

The west also has MOUNTAINS... It's MUCH easier to deal with on the flat lands.

@ritirons2726

Жыл бұрын

There are far too many differences or variables between the two to even compare them. The weather is different from east to west. The fuels are different. And as already mentioned, the terrain is different. Fire spreads much faster up hill than across flat ground.

@karlanderson3523

Жыл бұрын

South Jersey does controlled burns every year . I feel they do a great job with the controlled burns!!

Why aren't they putting water on the fire

@hihfty

Жыл бұрын

You let wild fires burn to fire lines and breaks. They put themselves out mostly.

@bradmagnuson6963

Жыл бұрын

Dig trenches around it, it'll put itself out

Way too long to get a charged hose line. Attack immediately with tank water. Knock it down and go from there

@hihfty

Жыл бұрын

You don’t fight brush fires this size directly. You establish fire lines and let it burn itself as it reaches the line. You can put an entire fire out without a drop of water of this size.

@slackjawedyokel1

Жыл бұрын

@@hihfty I worked on a type 6 engine -one year we got detailed to central/southern Mississippi -we were initial attack -spent over a month there -probably 30 or so fires -carried a torch behind the plow or held line -never put a single drop of water on a fire -not even any mop up --plow burn -work smarter -not harder

@NJtoAzMountainBiker

Жыл бұрын

Different parts of the country do it differently

@BW12149

Жыл бұрын

@@hihfty I lived on Long Island from 1961-1972. From 1968-1972 I served on a Suffolk county fire department and we fought many, many brush, grass and woodland fires with my department and many others. There were times when a fast attack would slow down the fire spread enough to allow us to let some burn without being a threat. A number of times a direct and intense attack would stop the fire. But once it would get into heavy scrub pine, then we knew a long fight was on. I’ve been in Oklahoma since 1978, served full time and as a volunteer with several departments. Our fires here mostly are running grass fires, sometimes into wooded areas. Those get chased and if we didn’t go after it, lots of damage and destruction occurred. We didn’t always win, but we knew we had to be super aggressive to get moving quickly. Nothing against the New Jersey agencies, but every one knows what they have, what they’ll need and what works to their advantage to overcome these type fires.

Looks like these fire fighters learned in Uvalde..... Get the fk in there with shovels ans put it out....

@hihfty

Жыл бұрын

You let wildfires burn into fire lines and exhaust themselves. Sounds like you got your wild land training from uvalde.

@slackjawedyokel1

Жыл бұрын

and create dirty black and smoke up the area for a week ? Get some education

@williamheber2118

Жыл бұрын

Obviously you have NO clue.

@nuggetfoot6804

Жыл бұрын

Sense your so smart why don’t u do it?

@williamheber2118

Жыл бұрын

@@nuggetfoot6804 I did with NJFFS. And you? NJFFS knows what to do.

Isn't it a bit early for forest fire season??

@jerseyshorefireresponse

Жыл бұрын

This is our fire season peak but it did start early

Burning pine is like burning oil. Hot.