In 2025, fire departments serving East Windsor responded to 120 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $227K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
639 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 84 | — | |
| 2022 | 179 | +113.1% | |
| 2023 | 140 | -21.8% | |
| 2024 | 116 | -17.1% | |
| 2025 | 120 | +3.4% |
For the 35 building fires East Windsor departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 112 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 20 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 16 | 14.3% |
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 East Windsor mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 73 | 65.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Match | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 3.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by East Windsor departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $226,800 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. East Windsor 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 105,947 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 19,225 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 34.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 31.4 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 18.2 mi |
Top 3 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 East Windsor. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in East Windsor.
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.