In 2025, fire departments serving Gloucester County responded to 2,590 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $700K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Aug dips.
8,023 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 617 | |
| 2022 | 1,808 | |
| 2023 | 571 | |
| 2024 | 2,437 | |
| 2025 | 2,590 |
For the 327 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Gloucester County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 97% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | West Deptford | Fire, other | Major |
| 2 | $518,000 | Sewell | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Glassboro | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $70,000 | Mantua | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | West Deptford | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | West Deptford | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Glassboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | DEPTFORD TWP | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $15,000 | West deptford | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | West Deptford | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34015.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 48,830 | View › |
| Deptford | 31,956 | View › |
| Glassboro | 23,014 | View › |
| West Deptford | 22,200 | View › |
| Mantua | 15,283 | View › |
| Williamstown | 14,770 | View › |
| Woolwich | 12,703 | View › |
| East Greenwich | 11,728 | View › |
| Woodbury | 9,981 | View › |
| Pitman | 8,805 | View › |
| Clayton | 8,801 | View › |
| Paulsboro | 6,195 | View › |
21 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.