In 2025, fire departments serving Bloomingdale responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
174 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $250K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | 50 | +35.1% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 43 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | -7.0% |
* Well below Bloomingdale's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 3 building fires Bloomingdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Closet | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Chimney (conversion only) | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.3% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Bloomingdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 73.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 5.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bloomingdale sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 23,705 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 15.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 615 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 16.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 500 | 25.3 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Jersey cities with population within ±25% of Bloomingdale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Bloomingdale.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.