In 2025, fire departments serving Pequannock responded to 22 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 91% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
61 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | -23.5% | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 22 | +144.4% |
* Well below Pequannock'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 0 building fires Pequannock departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Pequannock mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pequannock sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,795 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 18.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 20.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 500 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 26.4 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 | 07440 | 61 |
Six New Jersey cities with population within ±25% of Pequannock. 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.