ZIP 08234 recorded 232 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,257 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Atlantic County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,257 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 210 | |
| 2022 | 420 | |
| 2023 | 172 | |
| 2024 | 223 | |
| 2025 | 232 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08234 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 291 | 23.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 240 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 131 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 73 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 68 | 5.4% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08234 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 56.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 7 | 12.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 78.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08234 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 145% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $75,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $1,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08234.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg Harbor | 77 | |
| 2 | Somers Point | 4 | |
| 3 | Egg Harbor City | 1 | |
| 4 | Longport | 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 — 1,257 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.