List of New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire towers

In 2014, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service responded to 1,063 wildfire events that destroyed 6,692 acres (2,708 ha).

[4] The first fire lookout towers were often privately constructed during the late nineteenth century—many by large-tract landowners or corporations.

[a] Many of the state's fire towers were built during the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

During World War II, the Lakewood Station was "used to listen to German U-boat communications in the Atlantic Ocean 12 miles to the east".

The Forest Fire Service estimates that 25 percent of wildfires within the state every year are first spotted by a lookout.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service erected the "Four Mile Tower", a simple tripod of wooden poles, in 1910. It was replaced by the Lebanon Station. [ 1 ]