ZIP 08873 recorded 343 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,198 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Somerset County, NJ.
1,198 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 189 | |
| 2022 | 99 | |
| 2023 | 168 | |
| 2024 | 399 | |
| 2025 | 343 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 08873 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 373 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 143 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 90 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 53 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 50 | 4.2% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 08873 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 22.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 90 | 83.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 0.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 08873 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $100 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 08873.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset | 1,155 | |
| 2 | Franklin | 34 | |
| 3 | Franklin Park | 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 — 1,198 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.