ZIP 07060 recorded 733 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,894 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Somerset County, NJ.
1,894 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 148 | |
| 2022 | 238 | |
| 2023 | 177 | |
| 2024 | 598 | |
| 2025 | 733 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 07060 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 411 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 285 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 230 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 191 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 105 | 5.5% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 07060 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 17 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 27.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 59.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 07060 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 154% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $454,598 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $258,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $202,520 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 07060.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Plainfield | 906 | |
| 2 | Plainfield | 881 | |
| 3 | Watchung | 19 | |
| 4 | Newark | 1 | |
| 5 | South Plainfield | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | NJ | 1.00 | FIPS 34039 |
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 — 1,894 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.