ZIP 07050 recorded 273 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,046 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Essex County, NJ.
1,046 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 169 | |
| 2022 | 289 | |
| 2023 | 26 | |
| 2024 | 289 | |
| 2025 | 273 |
Dec peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 07050 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 248 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 173 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 101 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 84 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 67 | 6.4% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 07050 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 8 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 28.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 62.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Candle | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 3.5% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 07050.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Orange | 1,041 | |
| 2 | Caldwell | 1 | |
| 3 | East Orange | 1 | |
| 4 | West Orange | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,046 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.