ZIP 08512 recorded 110 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 280 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
280 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | |
| 2022 | 33 | |
| 2023 | 49 | |
| 2024 | 36 | |
| 2025 | 110 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08512 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 53 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 44 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 23 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 20 | 7.1% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08512 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Swimming pool | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 8 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 67.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 2.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08512 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08512.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cranbury | 188 | |
| 2 | East Windsor | 45 | |
| 3 | South Brunswick | 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 — 280 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.