ZIP 08096 recorded 392 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,348 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Gloucester County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,348 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 304 | |
| 2023 | 153 | |
| 2024 | 391 | |
| 2025 | 392 |
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08096 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 235 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 170 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 157 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 104 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 100 | 7.4% |
For the 45 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08096 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 102 | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 28 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 17.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 181 | 71.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 8.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08096 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 980% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08096.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodbury | 631 | |
| 2 | Deptford | 484 | |
| 3 | West Deptford | 183 | |
| 4 | Thorofare | 9 | |
| 5 | Woodbury Heights | 3 |
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 — 1,348 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.