In 2025, fire departments serving Gibbstown responded to 64 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $4K building blaze. 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 64% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
177 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $4K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 19 | — | |
| 2023* | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 83 | — | |
| 2025 | 64 | -22.9% |
* Well below Gibbstown'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 Gibbstown departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 27 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 | Outside area, other | 5 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 7.4% |
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 Gibbstown mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 3.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Gibbstown departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Gibbstown sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 63,223 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,240 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,107 | 23.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,950 | 27.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,900 | 31.7 mi |
Top 5 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 Gibbstown. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Gibbstown.
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.