VIDEO: Wildfires at Harriman State Park
On August 8, DEC Forest Rangers responded to two wildland fire calls at Harriman State Park, the first at 4:25 p.m. in the town of Highlands, Orange County, and the second at 4:47 p.m. in the Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County.
Rangers Pries and Rusher worked with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to secure a perimeter around the 2.6-acre Rockland County fire. Thiells, Tallman, Hillcrest, Hillburn, Sloatsburg, Stony Point, Pearl River, Blauvelt, Congers, Munsey, and New County fire departments also assisted.
Ranger Pries then responded to the Highlands fire, where he assisted Ranger Jahn in constructing a fire line. State Parks, Stony Point Fire, West Point Fire, and Fort Montgomery Fire helped get the six-acre fire under control.
On August 10, both fires were put in patrol status.
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