In 2025, fire departments serving Milmay responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
74 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $217K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | +54.5% | |
| 2024 | 19 | +11.8% | |
| 2025 | 27 | +42.1% |
* Well below Milmay'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 Milmay departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Milmay mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Milmay departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $19,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,618 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Milmay sits above 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 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 34.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 31.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 40.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 26.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 21.0 mi |
Top 2 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 Milmay. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Milmay.
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.