In 2025, fire departments serving Warren County responded to 942 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $488K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips.
4,051 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 458 | |
| 2022 | 679 | |
| 2023 | 653 | |
| 2024 | 1,319 | |
| 2025 | 942 |
For the 109 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Warren County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 93% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $488,000 | GReat MEadows | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | HACKETTSTOWN | Hazardous condition, other | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Independance | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Blairstown | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Washington | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | HACKETTSTOWN | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Blairstown | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $35,000 | Lopatcong | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $25,000 | Blairstown | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 10 | $25,000 | Lopatcong | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 34041.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg | 15,206 | View › |
| Hackettstown | 10,111 | View › |
| Lopatcong | 8,981 | View › |
| Blairstown | 5,718 | View › |
| Greenwich | 5,480 | View › |
| Independence | 5,479 | View › |
| Allamuchy | 5,319 | View › |
| Beattystown | 5,040 | View › |
| White | 4,635 | View › |
| Panther Valley | 4,562 | View › |
| Pohatcong | 3,252 | View › |
| Knowlton | 2,909 | View › |
24 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.