List of New Jersey state firewardens

In the state of New Jersey in the United States, a State Firewarden is appointed as the administrative director of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is an agency within the state's Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and directly overseen by that department's Division of Parks and Forestry. Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service is the largest firefighting department within the state of New Jersey with 89 full-time professional firefighters (career civil service positions), and approximately 2,000 trained part-time on-call wildland firefighters throughout the state. Its mission is to protect "life and property, as well as the state's natural resources, from wildfire".[1]

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:9-13, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service is led by a "State Firewarden" serving under the NJDEP Commissioner who "shall administer and supervise the Forest Fire Service, cooperating agencies, and such laws as shall deal with the protection of forests, from wildfire".[2] The current state firewarden is William P. Edwards.[3] Twelve individuals have occupied the State Firewarden position since the establishment of the Forest Fire Service in 1906.[3][4]

List of state firewardens

# Name Tenure
1 Theophilus P. Price 1906–1910
2 Charles P. Wilber 1910–1923
3 Leonidas Coyle 1923–1937
4 LeRoy S. Fales 1937–1944
5 William J. Seidel 1944–1960
6 R. Wesley Davis 1960–1968
7 William B. Phoenix 1968–1975
8 James A. Cumming, Jr. 1975–1982
9 David B. Harrison 1982–2001
10 Maris G. Gabliks 2001–2011
11 Michael Drake 2011–2012
12 William P. Edwards 2013–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ New Jersey Forest Fire Service, "About Us". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ↑ N.J.S.A. 13:9-13. General powers of state firewarden.
  3. 1 2 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, NJDEP Easy Access Program Listing: Natural & Historic Resources. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ↑ New Jersey Forest Fire Service, New Jersey Forest Fire Service: State Firewardens. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

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