ZIP 08527 recorded 684 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,691 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ocean County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,691 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 408 | |
| 2022 | 509 | |
| 2023 | 469 | |
| 2024 | 621 | |
| 2025 | 684 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08527 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 483 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 356 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 314 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 188 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 157 | 5.8% |
For the 66 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08527 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 206 | 31.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 89 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 48 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 35 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 27 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 26 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 159 | 24.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 230 | 35.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 164 | 25.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 38 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 29 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 17 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 98 | 15.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08527 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 212% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $493,952 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $334,740 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $302,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $279,675 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $275,160 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $232,476 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $219,640 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08527.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson | 2,540 | |
| 2 | Old Bridge | 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 — 2,691 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.