In 2025, fire departments serving Lindenwold responded to 112 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K 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 71% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
657 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $16K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 183 | — | |
| 2022 | 87 | -52.5% | |
| 2023* | 46 | — | |
| 2024 | 229 | — | |
| 2025 | 112 | -51.1% |
* Well below Lindenwold'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 6 building fires Lindenwold departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | 14 | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 8.8% |
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 Lindenwold mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 94.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lindenwold departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lindenwold sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 110,555 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 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 28.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 36.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 43.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 16.7 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 | 08021 | 656 |
Six New Jersey cities with population within ±25% of Lindenwold. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lindenwold.
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.