The wildfire that recently blackened a goodly chunk of the Stafford Forge area, one of Ocean County’s finest natural zones, was quickly contained by the hugely underpraised N.J. Forest Fire Service. Not that all firefighters aren’t at high risk when called to take on flames, but the very nature of forest fires places those blaze battlers in the midst of an outdoor environment that can rear up with even a slight wind shift.

The Stafford Forge blaze was officially named the Governor’s Branch Wildfire, based on the creek system that feeds the…