In 2025, fire departments serving Tuckerton responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 69% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
110 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $57K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | 31 | +93.8% | |
| 2023 | 23 | -25.8% | |
| 2024 | 21 | -8.7% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -9.5% |
For the 5 building fires Tuckerton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 31.8% | |
| 2 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 13.6% |
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 Tuckerton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Tuckerton departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tuckerton sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 109,567 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 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 7.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 13.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 17.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 13.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 23.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 21.5 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 Tuckerton. 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.