ZIP 08736 recorded 126 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 480 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Monmouth County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
480 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | |
| 2022 | 97 | |
| 2023 | 110 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 126 |
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08736 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 88 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 81 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 55 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 47 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 6.2% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08736 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 24.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 9 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 18 | 24.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 60.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 10.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08736 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1847% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08736.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manasquan | 333 | |
| 2 | Wall | 105 | |
| 3 | Sea Girt | 8 | |
| 4 | Neptune City | 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 — 480 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.