WILDFIRE ALERT: Jones Wildfire - Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area - Barnegat Twp, Ocean County

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is responding to a wildfire in the area of Jones Road in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Twp, Ocean County.

Please avoid the area at this time.

Updates will be provided on this page as they are available.

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Helpful Wildfire Terminology
🔥 Wildfire - An uncontrolled fire burning the different types of vegetation that cover the land. A wildfire is considered a “major wildfire” after it exceeds 100 acres in size.
🔥 Containment - When reporting on a wildfire a percentage of containment will be given, which will state how much of the fireline has been completed.
🔥 Backfire - A fire intentionally set along the interior edge of a fireline by Forest Fire Service staff to consume fuel in the path of a wildfire and/or to change the direction of force of a fire’s convection column.
🔥 Fireline - The part of a containment or control line that is scraped or dug to mineral soil.
🔥 Threatened - Critical infrastructure, roads, homes and commercial buildings that are in the vicinity of a wildfire.
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