ZIP 08069 recorded 220 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 764 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Salem County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
764 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 123 | |
| 2023 | 159 | |
| 2024 | 172 | |
| 2025 | 220 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08069 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 206 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 206 | 27.0% | |
| 3 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 42 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 33 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 32 | 4.2% |
For the 52 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08069 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 56 | 29.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 14 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 52 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 49.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 12 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 17.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08069 across 2021–2025. These 4 fires alone account for 1700% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $15,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08069.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carneys Point | 245 | |
| 2 | Penns Grove | 226 | |
| 3 | Pennsville | 2 | |
| 4 | Salem | 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 — 764 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.