ZIP 07728 recorded 354 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,185 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Monmouth County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,185 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 117 | |
| 2022 | 183 | |
| 2023 | 206 | |
| 2024 | 325 | |
| 2025 | 354 |
May peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 07728 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 197 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 150 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 139 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 127 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 86 | 7.3% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 07728 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 34 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 24.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 134 | 64.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 8.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 07728 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 157% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,344,320 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $800,163 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $334,044 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $136,485 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $42,641 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,872 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 07728.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freehold | 264 | |
| 2 | Howell | 4 | |
| 3 | Manalapan | 3 | |
| 4 | Colts Neck | 2 | |
| 5 | South Amboy | 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 — 1,185 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.