In 2025, fire departments serving Quinton responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $321K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 19 | — | |
| 2025 | 24 | +26.3% |
* Well below Quinton'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 Quinton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 8 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Quinton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 45.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Pipe or cigar | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Candle | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Quinton departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Quinton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 31,733 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 41.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,107 | 27.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,950 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,900 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,600 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,535 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 1,518 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,250 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,000 | 45.9 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 Quinton. 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.