In 2025, fire departments serving New Egypt responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
258 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | — | |
| 2022 | 56 | +19.1% | |
| 2023 | 59 | +5.4% | |
| 2024 | 63 | +6.8% | |
| 2025 | 33 | -47.6% |
For the 4 building fires New Egypt departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 49 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 11 | 22.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Entrance way, lobby | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 14.3% |
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 New Egypt mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Match | 3 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 2.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Egypt sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 108,514 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 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 27.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 20.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 19.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 3.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 25.6 mi |
Top 3 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 New Egypt. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.