ZIP 08807 recorded 237 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,085 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Somerset County, NJ.
1,085 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 167 | |
| 2024 | 336 | |
| 2025 | 237 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08807 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 325 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 104 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 83 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 55 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 53 | 4.9% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08807 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 36 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 17.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 60.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08807 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 223% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $892,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08807.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgewater | 751 | |
| 2 | Branchburg | 2 |
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 — 1,085 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.