In 2025, fire departments serving Morris County responded to 2,748 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $6.4M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
13,154 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,920 | |
| 2022 | 2,325 | |
| 2023 | 2,552 | |
| 2024 | 3,609 | |
| 2025 | 2,748 |
For the 192 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Morris County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 91% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,397,893 | Dover | Building fires | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,700,000 | Morristown | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | OAK RIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | OAK RIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $611,300 | ROCKAWAY | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | OAK RIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | OAK RIDGE | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $375,000 | PARSIPPANY | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $200,000 | ParsippanyTroy Hill | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $75,000 | PARSIPPANY | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34027.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | 55,970 | View › |
| Mount Olive | 28,876 | View › |
| Randolph | 26,451 | View › |
| Rockaway | 25,539 | View › |
| Roxbury | 23,101 | View › |
| Morris | 23,094 | View › |
| Montville | 22,364 | View › |
| Parsippany | 21,806 | View › |
| Jefferson | 20,555 | View › |
| Morristown | 20,126 | View › |
| Dover | 18,426 | View › |
| Denville | 17,084 | View › |
41 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.