In 2025, fire departments serving Hudson County responded to 2,475 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips.
17,976 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,345 | |
| 2022 | 3,942 | |
| 2023 | 3,958 | |
| 2024 | 4,256 | |
| 2025 | 2,475 |
For the 80 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Hudson County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | JERSEY CITY | Water vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $20,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | JERSEY CITY | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34017.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Jersey City | 287,899 | View › |
| Bayonne | 70,497 | View › |
| Union City | 67,258 | View › |
| North Bergen | 62,066 | View › |
| Hoboken | 58,754 | View › |
| West New York | 52,438 | View › |
| Kearny | 41,157 | View › |
| Secaucus | 21,470 | View › |
| Harrison | 19,217 | View › |
| Weehawken | 16,790 | View › |
| Guttenberg | 11,765 | View › |
| East Newark | 2,718 | View › |
5 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.