In 2025, fire departments serving Flemington responded to 54 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 70% of all calls.
May peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
446 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $887K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | — | |
| 2022 | 85 | -4.5% | |
| 2023 | 81 | -4.7% | |
| 2024 | 137 | +69.1% | |
| 2025 | 54 | -60.6% |
For the 13 building fires Flemington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 64 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 8 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 9.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 7.8% | |
| 7 | Roof surface: exterior | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 14.1% |
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 Flemington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 59.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 4.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Flemington sits above 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 26,928 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,240 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,012 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,000 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 36.1 mi |
Top 4 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 Flemington. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Flemington.
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.