Forest fire season is well underway all over the country and in our region. In New Jersey, wildfires on average damage about 7,000 acres in the state each year. Over the last 12 months, big blazes in both north and south Jersey have made headlines for putting large swaths of the Garden State at risk. 

Eric Weber has been a firefighter for more than 20 years. He's also an assistant division fire warden for the state Forest Fire service in its northern New Jersey region. He joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk about the situation on the ground.