In 2025, fire departments serving Egg Harbor City responded to 64 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 52% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
184 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $380K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 30 | — | |
| 2023* | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | 74 | — | |
| 2025 | 64 | -13.5% |
* Well below Egg Harbor City'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 10 building fires Egg Harbor City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | 10 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 11.4% |
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 Egg Harbor City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 74.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Egg Harbor City sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 109,567 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 | 28.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 18.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 13.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 16.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 24.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 25.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 15.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 12.1 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 Egg Harbor City. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Egg Harbor City.
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.