In 2025, fire departments serving Camden County responded to 4,095 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.2M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
16,283 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,311 | |
| 2022 | 2,313 | |
| 2023 | 2,468 | |
| 2024 | 5,096 | |
| 2025 | 4,095 |
For the 456 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Camden County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 56% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,230,000 | CHERRY HILL | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | CAMDEN | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $875,610 | PENNSAUKEN TWP | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $867,800 | Camden | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $650,000 | Bergen Square Camden | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $432,960 | PENNSAUKEN | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $350,000 | CHERRY HILL | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $304,258 | BLACKWOOD | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $250,000 | PENNSAUKEN TWP | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $250,000 | SICKLERVILLE | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34007.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | 74,934 | View › |
| Camden | 71,799 | View › |
| Gloucester | 65,812 | View › |
| Sicklerville | 45,853 | View › |
| Winslow | 39,854 | View › |
| Pennsauken | 36,984 | View › |
| Voorhees | 30,876 | View › |
| Lindenwold | 21,337 | View › |
| Haddon | 15,331 | View › |
| Springdale | 15,247 | View › |
| Westmont | 14,138 | View › |
| Collingswood | 14,135 | View › |
36 departments report from this county.
Top 6 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NJGSR-FY19-RX-Pool 3b | 2019 | FWS | 83 |
| 2 | NJWKR-FY19-RX-Kenely Unit D | 2019 | FWS | 4 |
| 3 | Game Farm | 2024 | FWS | 1 |
| 4 | NJGSR-FY20-WF-Orange Trail WF | 2020 | FWS | 0 |
| 5 | NJWKR-FY20-WF-Papakating Creek WF | 2020 | FWS | 0 |
| 6 | Water Works | 2023 | FWS | 0 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.