In 2025, fire departments serving Woodbury responded to 218 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 64% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
652 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $100K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | 136 | — | |
| 2023 | 88 | -35.3% | |
| 2024 | 176 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 218 | +23.9% |
* Well below Woodbury'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 31 building fires Woodbury departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 87 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 | Undetermined | 61 | 70.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Outside area, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 2.3% |
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 Woodbury mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 85.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 1.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodbury sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 108,090 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 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17,050 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,765 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,638 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,284 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,832 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 29.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,730 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 36.9 mi |
Top 6 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 Woodbury. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodbury.
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.