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Forest Fire Service expands incident notifications, warns against drones and provides media resources
Summary
The Forest Fire Service said incident updates will be sent by email and text in addition to social posts, outlined criteria for public notifications (100+ acres, evacuations, major road closures), discouraged drone use over fires and provided sign‑up and media assets.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it will expand how it distributes incident updates this wildfire season and urged media and the public to follow official channels for timely information.
Jimmy Douglas, the Forest Fire Service’s digital and communications liaison, said that in addition to Facebook and Twitter the agency will now send incident updates by email and text message so the notifications reach audiences beyond social media users. "Updates will now also be sent by email and text message," he said, and provided the registration link wildfire.nj.gov.
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