In 2025, fire departments serving Sussex County responded to 636 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $75K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
4,222 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 784 | |
| 2022 | 820 | |
| 2023 | 818 | |
| 2024 | 1,164 | |
| 2025 | 636 |
For the 64 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Sussex County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Stillwater | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $50,000 | Hardyston | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $30,000 | Hamburg | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $30,000 | Newton | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Hardyston | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $8,500 | Hampton Twp | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | Significant |
| 7 | $200 | Fredon Twp | Outside equipment fire | Significant |
| 8 | $100 | Hampton Twp | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $50 | Hampton Twp | Accident, potential accident, other | Significant |
| 10 | $1 | Newton | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34037.
25 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.