The New Jersey State Forest Fire Service is conducting some controlled burning in Hammonton.  This is causing some smoke to move into the surrounding townships

 

Prescribed or controlled burning (back burning) is necessary to prevent a build up of dangerous fuel loads in the forest. It is also a technique used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Controlled burning stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest. Some seeds, such as sequoia, remain dormant until fire breaks down the seed coating.

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We have just add a new section of our Website called Training. You can find the link on the Menu bar to the left. In this section we will have training videos and articles to help inform and train firefighters. Every month we will feature a different topic. This month we are featuring Firefighter Knots.  
 
Firefighter knots are something we all learn in Fire School and if we don't use them every day we forget them. 

So grab some rope and start practicing.

 

The Nesco Vol Fire Company responded to 2338 Columbia Rd in Nesco for a brush fire at 1:07pm on Thursday Feb 12th. Forest Fire's C-8 also responded. The fire was quickly extinguished and all units were clear at 1:23pm.

You can visit them at www.nescovolunteerfirecompany.com

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This is a VOX recording.
It is condensed and not in real time.

EVFC Members can Log-In and view the Pictures of the Annual Dinner in the  *Members Only* section of the media gallery.

 

2:06pm : Smoke showing at Volcantic Eruptions in Mays Landing

District - F18

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10:05am : Working Structure Fire at 111 Fairway ave in Northfield.

District - F6

 

Mullica News has announced that the first Mullica Township Committee Meeting filmed on January 27, 2009, is now available to be veiwed on their web site MullicaNews.com! 

This is a great feature. Now you can watch the meeting whenever you want and veiw past meetings in their archives.

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The Nesco Vol Fire Company one of our sister companies in Mullica Twp has launched their new website.

Check it out at www.nescovolunteerfirecompany.com

 

 

 

 

Chris Valiante is a former member of  Cologne Sta 18-5.  He is now an active duty Military Firefighter stationed in Alaska and likes to listen to the calls from back home with our Live Scanner Feed. 

We will post Sta 18-5 calls whenever we can in our Call Audio Recordings section of our Media Gallery.

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One of our Firefighters and my son PV2 Timothy Brining will be in Iraq for Christmas this year serving as an Army Medic. We are putting together a Christmas gift package for him and the men and women in his unit.

We are purchasing small personal gifts and phone cards so they can call family and friends during the holidays.

If you would like to be a part of this we would add your name to the card we would send with the package. Or you can fill out your own card and send it to us with your gift.

We set up an account in his name so you can your make checks or money orders payable to:

Timothy Brining
c/o
Operation Iraqi Christmas
3644 Reading Ave
Hammonton, NJ 08037

or you can send cards or gifts directly to

PV2 Brining Timothy
A CO. 3/112 FA
Camp Cropper
APO-AE-09322

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