ZIP 08003 recorded 206 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 862 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Camden County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
862 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | |
| 2022 | 153 | |
| 2023 | 229 | |
| 2024 | 214 | |
| 2025 | 206 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08003 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 239 | 27.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 107 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 67 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 56 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 53 | 6.1% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08003 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 23 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 14 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 35 | 26.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 50.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 22 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 9.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08003 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 371% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08003.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherry Hill | 791 | |
| 2 | Ashland | 1 | |
| 3 | Camden | 1 | |
| 4 | Greentree | 1 | |
| 5 | Runnemede | 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 — 862 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.