ZIP 08755 recorded 240 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,024 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ocean County, NJ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,024 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | |
| 2022 | 283 | |
| 2023 | 188 | |
| 2024 | 255 | |
| 2025 | 240 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08755 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 220 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 123 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 100 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 63 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 57 | 5.6% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08755 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 81 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 73 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 46 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 20 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 19 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 101 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 128 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 68 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 39 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 37 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 28 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 62 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08755 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 375% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $570,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $533,808 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $9,700 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08755.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toms River | 1,022 | |
| 2 | Berkeley | 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 — 1,024 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.