Delran Fire Department

Happy Birthday Smokey Bear! 80 years ago “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires” began and still sticks and is just as true today!

Happy 80th birthday Smokey Bear from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service!

Did you know that nearly 99% of wildfires in New Jersey are human caused? Smokey Bear’s timeless message, “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires,” remains as crucial today as it was 80 years ago.

Created in 1944, the Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign is the longest-running public service advertising campaign in U.S. history, educating generations of Americans about their role in preventing wildfires.

Join the Forest Fire Service tomorrow, Aug. 10, at Belleplain State Forest to celebrate Smokey’s birthday. More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/495753283131772

With the possibility of more rain, wind and flooding comes the possibility of emergencies to arise. Please take serious consideration all of the warnings from your local FD’s and PD’s. Do not go near downed wires in the possibility of them being energized and do not drive through flooded streets! Turn around or pull over to wait for the waters to recede. Stay safe!

🌪️🌬️🌧️ Tornadoes, strong winds, and some flooding are all possible across our entire area through this evening. If you experience any wind damage or flooding, we appreciate any reports you have to pass along to us, if it is safe to do so. Conditions will improve tonight and a tranquil weekend is expected. In the meantime, stay weather aware today, and have multiple ways to receive warnings!

Tonight your volunteers responded to over 15 calls for service during the hours of 8pm and midnight. Sever flooding streaked across our area and left roads impassable. This was a stark reminder for people in and also around our town to not drive through flooded roadways. Luckily the waters receded and roads were made passable again. Please take the extra time to “turn around and not drown” or wait for storms to pass and roadways to reopen. Thank you to the residents who lended helping hands to push out vehicles of the roadway!

Congratulations to Ptlm. Keith Upton! It’s been a pleasure to work with you on and off scenes! Enjoy your retirement!

Who doesn’t like an evening on the water? How about in the water? Last night your volunteers trained on water rescue operations. Members posed as victims in the water and rescue crews were deployed from our marine unit to rescue and bring them back to the unit. Members also trained on our line launcher (not pictured) for quick deployment of a lifeline to someone in the water. Afterwards, our gear was cleaned and ready to be placed back in service!

Interested in learning more or info on joining? Reach out on our website: www.delranfire.org

For the last 5 days DFD helped to keep the kids cool at camp at Community Park! Our members were more than happy to be able to help the kids beat the heat and enjoy the week! Hope everyone enjoyed as much as we did!

The Delran Fire Department welcomes to the ranks of Firefighter, Omer Aydin, member of Delran Fire Company #2. He has successfully passed all classes and exams including the state exam. Congratulations on you and your fellow classmates achievements and awards!
Also the Class of 103 and all in attendance congratulated Senior Instructor Al Desjardins on his 40 years of dedicated service and instruction at the academy! Thank you Chief for all of your help on and off the scene and academy!

Yesterday the volunteers of the DFD responded to roughly 20 calls for service within a 20 minute span after the storms came through the area. These incidents mainly were west of Saint Mihiel Drive with only a few in the Cambridge area. Within minutes of the first call we had 4 staffed apparatus on the streets tending to these and three fire police vehicles. We would like to thank Delran Police and Delran Pubilc Works for their assistance and also to those homeowners who safely were able to help clean up large trees in the roadways!

If you venture outside and get an odor of the smoke that may be lingering around the area, don’t be alarmed; this is just a change of the winds to bring the smoke of the forest fire towards us. Below is the latest update to the Tea Time Hill Wildfire.

WILDFIRE UPDATE: Tea Time Hill Wildfire - Wharton State Forest - Tabernacle Twp, Burlington County

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service continues to make progress containing a wildfire in the area of the Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill in Wharton State Forest.

SIZE & CONTAINMENT
🔥 Size: 4,000 acres
🔥 Containment: 75%

STRUCTURES THREATNED
✅ 0 structures threatened

EVACUATIONS
⚠️ The Batona Campground in Wharton State Forest has been evacuated
✅ No residential structures have been evacuated

TRAIL CLOSURES
⚠️ The Batona Trail is closed between Route 532 and Carranza Road
⚠️ The Tulpehocken Trail is closed from Apple Pie Hill to Hawkins Bridge

ROAD CLOSURES
⚠️ Local Wharton State Forest road closures
⚠️ Carranza Road is closed from the Carranza Memorial to Speedwell Road at Friendship Field

WILDFIRE CAUSE
Fireworks have been identified as the cause of the Tea Time Hill Wildfire, which is burning near the Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill in Wharton State Forest. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service led the investigation, in collaboration with the New Jersey State Park Police, the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety, and the Burlington County Fire Marshal's Office. A fireworks device lighted inside the forest ignited the fire late Thursday, July 4, and the Apple Pie Hill Fire Tower discovered the fire shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, July 5. Anyone with further information about the fire that could aid in the investigation is urged to call the New Jersey State Park Police tip line at 844-PARK-TIP (844-727-5847).

The New Jersey State Park Police reminds visitors to New Jersey’s state parks, forests and recreation areas that fireworks are strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, beaches, campgrounds, fields and forested areas. If you observe illegal or suspicious activity while visiting New Jersey’s state parks, forests or historic sites, please report the activity to DEP Dispatch at 1-877-WARNDEP (1-877-927-6337) or 9-1-1.

EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED
🚒 Forest Fire Service ground crews continue to monitor and combat the wildfire around the clock.

NEXT UPDATE
⏰ The next update for this incident is expected on Monday, July 8.

Please remember, “No Drones in Fire Zones - If YOU fly, WE can't!” More info: https://www.facebook.com/NJForestFireService/posts/pfbid02XeCUXmgBdqXSqbZE3d3roqQb3EFkkFKRD9xkav4VYaHKWzL4Mym9HoVHMdPGUpvwl

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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.

Little humor for the 4th of July! Please be sure to be safe today and enjoy your holiday!

**Incident Alert** DFD and multiple mutual aid companies are operating at a house fire on Frech Avenue. Please avoid this area and expect minor detours. Thank you

Running to the garden hose to get a break from the summer heat? Be careful when using the hose for the first few seconds, the water in the hose from its last use may be scalding hot temperature! Run the hose till you feel it cool off then enjoy! Stay cool and stay safe!

Tonight Delran Fire Department and mutual aid responded to the area of 40 S Bridgeboro Street for a detached shed fire with exposure to a vehicle and also another shed. First on scene units from Delran stretched multiple hand lines to extinguish the fire and protect exposures. After the fire was brought under control, Burlington and Camden County hazmat teams came to secure and properly burn off a propane tank that was leaking. Thank you to all of the mutual aid that supported the on scene operations and those that covered the town while we operated on scene!

Happy retirement! Enjoy!

The Delran Police Department wishes to announce the retirement of Confidential Secretary Kathy Facciponte on June 1, 2024.

Kathy started with the Department in November of 1999 as a Records Clerk. She then moved up to her current position in 2010. Kathy has been an essential employee throughout the years and has been a great asset to the Department.

We all wish her and her husband Bill a happy, healthy and long retirement!!! We wish you nothing but the best and YOU will be sorely missed!!!!!

Today as with every Memorial Day weekend we participate in Delancos parade! Great to see the weather hold out and everyone out there! From our family to yours we hope you all have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend and be sure to pay respects and remember those that helped us to stay safe!

Monday evenings are allocated for Drill training at DFD, where members learned methods for forcible entry through inward and outward swinging doors by utilizing the door prop and cut wood to simulate diverse locking systems. Crews collaborated, applying different techniques to overcome these barriers.

We’re always looking for memebers! Visit www.delranfire.org for more info!

POSTED IN THE COURIER POST ON APRIL 17,2024
Landscaping Maintenance Bid for Delran Fire District #1
DELRAN FIRE DISTRICT NO.1 NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Landscaping Maintenance Please take notice that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Delran Township Fire District No.1 (herein after The District) is accepting bids for landscaping maintenance for the year 2024. Conditions of instructions to bidders and bid specifications shall be provided and made available to all prospective bidders and may be obtained from the Office Manager of The District at the Fire District Office, located at 900 Chester Avenue, Delran, NJ or by calling 856-461-5474, Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope to: Delran Township Fire District No. 1. Bids can be mailed to: Delran Township Fire District No. 1, P.O. Box 1007, Delran, NJ 08075, or they may be delivered to the Office Manager at The District Office, 900 Chester Avenue, Delran, NJ. The envelope must bear the name and address of the bidder and the following, Landscaping Maintenance on the exterior of the envelope. In order to be considered, all bids must be in the hands of the Office Manager of the District no later than (12 NOON) Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, April 22, 2024. The bid will be awarded, after the review by The District. The District will not assume responsibility for bids that are mailed. The District reserve the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to waive technical defects in the bids and to award the bid to the bidder most competent to service the requirements of The District.

Past President Boland served 10 years as the President of the Bridgeboro Road station. His dedication to the station as well as the department did not go unnoticed. Congrats!

Congratulations to all of the recipients! Always a pleasure to work alongside the DPD on all our incidents!

No major incidents have been reported in our area due to this incident. Please use 911 for emergencies or damaged caused from the earthquake.

4.8 magnitude earthquake hits NJ, shaking felt across Northeast including Philadelphia area A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Hunterdon County, New Jersey on Friday morning, with shaking felt across the Northeast, including Philadelphia.

The Officers and Members of the Delran Fire Department extend our thoughts and prayers to those impacted by the incident that happened this morning in Baltimore and also to all of the first responders in their Search and Rescue efforts!

Last night DFD members trained on Drafting at Dredge Harbor Boat Center. Members went over location identification, set up, and truck operations of drafting. Drafting is needed for areas where there are limited to no water resources or for prolonged incidents to put less strain on the municipal water system.

Interested in more? Visit www.delranfire.org

I heads up from the NWS! Projected high tides are 1:40am and 2:00pm for Saturday. Reminder do not venture through flooded roadways and and report downed wires, don’t go near them!

🚩 Red Flag Warning in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21

US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly has issued a Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather conditions in central and southern New Jersey today.

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly due to a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels. Any fires that develop may quickly get out of control and become difficult to contain.

🔗 Learn more: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=PHI&wwa=red%20flag%20warning

STATEWIDE FIRE DANGER:
🔗 View current New Jersey fire danger levels: https://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/fire/infotools/conditions-restrictions.html

Spring has come and we all know what that means! We lose an hour of sleep! But on the bright side you get the chance again to check your fire extinguishers and replace and test your smoke and CO alarms!
If you need any assistance please reach out to us and we can assist you!

https://www.delranfire.org/apps/public/database/formAdd.cfm?Form_ID=1

Congratulations to Officer Ucak and the other recipients!

We would like to congratulate and thank Patrolman Erdem Ucak for his selfless dedication to the community. Last night, Patrolman Erdem Ucak was presented with the Valor award from Edgewater Park Township. On December 28, 2023, Ptl. Ucak responded to a fire at the Edgewater Manor Apartment complex in Edgewater Park Township. Ptl. Ucak and Ptl. Isael Torres-Jimenez (Beverly City Police Department) put their lives on the line to save a male still inside the fire.

Congrats to the Tenney’s!

🍼EMT/Firefighter Dan Tenney and wife Ashley welcomed their “Leapling”, Jacob Elliot Tenney, into the world on 2/29/24. Mom and baby are doing great and hope to be home very soon! Congratulations and enjoy the little bundle of joy! 🍼

The NJ Forest Fire Service is conducting prescribed burns at Pennington park in Delanco.

Today, Feb 21, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service will be conducting prescribed burning operations in the following areas.

🔥 Burlington County - Delanco Twp. - County Property
🔥 Burlington County - Eastampton Twp. - County Property
🔥 Burlington County - Washington Twp. - Wharton State Forest
🔥 Cumberland County - Maurice River Twp. - Peaslee Wildlife Management Area
🔥 Cumberland County - Pittsgrove Twp. - Municipal Property
🔥 Cumberland County - Vineland - Municipal Property

This schedule is weather dependent and subject to change. If in doubt about the source of smoke or fire, call 9-1-1 or 877-WARN-DEP (877-927-6337).

🔗 Active / upcoming prescribed burn map: https://www.njparksandforests.org/fire/infotools/rxb.html

ABOUT PRESCRIBED BURNING:
There are multiple benefits to prescribed burning, which is a safe, effective and efficient means of managing the buildup of forest fuels that may contribute to the start and spread of a wildfire. By actively eliminating sources of fuel that exacerbate forest fire risks through a controlled and prescribed burning program, the Forest Fire Service reduces risk to New Jersey residents, visitors and the environment.

Prescribed burns improve habitat for plants and animals, reduce the presence of damaging insects and ticks, and recycle nutrients into the soil. In addition, prescribed burning is an important part of the state’s carbon defense strategy. Allowing experts to choose the intensity, timing and interval of fire across the landscape may help prevent a larger uncontrolled wildfire, which would contribute to significant carbon loss. Typically, most prescribed burns take place between February and early April.

🔗 Learn more about prescribed burning in New Jersey: https://nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2023/23_0012.htm