Unable to do anything since the pandemic, the Firewise program at the Brighton at Barnegat development in Barnegat Township is looking to get back on track for 2022.

Brighton earned its Firewise designation from the N.J. Forest Fire Service in 2017. To do so, the community implemented a five-step process that includes developing a wildfire action plan to guide its residential risk-reduction activities, while engaging and encouraging homeowners to become active participants in building a safer…