ZIP 08302 recorded 599 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,575 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,575 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 473 | |
| 2023 | 453 | |
| 2024 | 686 | |
| 2025 | 599 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08302 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 591 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 334 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 246 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 143 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 136 | 5.3% |
For the 150 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08302 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 192 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 128 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 102 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 85 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 23 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 21 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 173 | 21.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 554 | 69.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 69 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 33 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 19 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 14 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 56 | 7.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08302 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 147% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08302.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgeton | 1,829 | |
| 2 | Upper Deerfield | 23 | |
| 3 | Hopewell | 19 | |
| 4 | Gouldtown | 15 | |
| 5 | Quinton | 12 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem County | NJ | 1.00 | FIPS 34033 |
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 — 2,575 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.