NJDEP Wildfire Season Media Briefing - April 7, 2026

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Forest Fire Service) · April 7, 2026

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Opening and housekeeping; speakers introduced

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Karen Shinske, senior press officer at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, opened the virtual briefing, reviewed housekeeping rules for media, announced the speakers (Greg McLaughlin, Bill Donnelly, Jimmy Douglas, and Assistant Commissioner John Cecil) and said she would post names/titles in chat.

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Officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Forest Fire Service held a virtual briefing to present the spring wildfire-season outlook, outline preparedness work (grants, fuel breaks, prescribed burns), unveil a new fire tower and explain expanded public notification procedures before a media Q&A.

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