In 2025, fire departments serving Camden responded to 37 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
130 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $500 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | 37 | +42.3% | |
| 2024 | 27 | -27.0% | |
| 2025 | 37 | +37.0% |
* Well below Camden'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 0 building fires Camden departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Chimney (conversion only) | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Camden mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 5 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Camden sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 18 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 558 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 14.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 5.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 28.2 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 | 48.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13316 | 130 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Camden. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Camden.
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.