In 2025, fire departments serving Voorhees responded to 181 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $351K building blaze. 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 66% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
967 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $7.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 135 | — | |
| 2022 | 211 | +56.3% | |
| 2023 | 220 | +4.3% | |
| 2024 | 220 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 181 | -17.7% |
For the 7 building fires Voorhees departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 88 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 | 11 | 12.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 21.6% |
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 Voorhees mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 56.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 5.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Voorhees departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $351,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $600 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $140 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Voorhees 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 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 27.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 3,477 | 43.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 16.0 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 Voorhees. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Voorhees.
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.