Ramapo Mountains Wildfire
Camp Yaw Paw Mahwah, NJ 11/19/2001-11/27/2001
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NJFFS Section 2 and 5 crews spent the entire 2001Thanksgiving week in the Ramapo Mountains of Mahwah battling a large forest fire that consumed 61 acres of protected, natural land. Initial attack by a crew of only four firefighters nearly had the fire contained at four acres, but changing winds carried embers far across the control line high onto a steep slope and the fire grew . Thanksgiving morning saw a major flare-up and that made the Holiday dinner for many fire fighters only cold sliced turkey sandwiches and a warm bottle of water. Air support and mechanized ground equipment was brought in to assist. These images were scanned from prints of 35mm film. |
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Images courtesy Noreen and Bruno |
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