ZIP 08536 recorded 31 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 376 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
376 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 111 | |
| 2023 | 82 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 31 |
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08536 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 76 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 71 | 18.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 48 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 35 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 21 | 5.6% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08536 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 25 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 12 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 22.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 61.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 7.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08536.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plainsboro | 345 | |
| 2 | Monroe | 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 — 376 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.