In 2025, fire departments serving Mullica Hill responded to 141 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 65% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
409 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 99 | — | |
| 2023* | 23 | — | |
| 2024 | 118 | — | |
| 2025 | 141 | +19.5% |
* Well below Mullica Hill'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 21 building fires Mullica Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 58 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 | 15 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 13.8% |
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 Mullica Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 51.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Sunlight | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 8.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mullica Hill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 86,413 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 41.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,240 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,107 | 18.2 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 Mullica Hill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mullica Hill.
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.