Statewide public evidence profile · fire deaths 2020-2021

New Jersey

Data confidence: moderate (75/100)

Overall Fireground Index

Higher score = lower civilian fire-death rate.

Fire-death rate (5-year): 0.68; per 100,000 residents / yr
Civilian fire deaths: 325; 2020-2024 total
Population: 9,500,851; U.S. Census (2024)
Public sources: 2; 3 metrics used · 4 unavailable

Every value is drawn from an authoritative public source. The Overall score normalizes the one fire metric that is genuinely comparable across all counties — the civilian fire-death rate (New Jersey Vital Statistics deaths, per Census population). Where counties publish incident/response figures, we show them as sourced context; where no public source exists, we say so. Data Confidence reflects how much verifiable public evidence backs each county.

County-equivalents

21 counties

Confidence mix

0·21·0

high · moderate · limited

With incident data

counties publishing responses

County rankings

New Jersey counties by Overall Fireground Index

Ranked by the normalized civilian fire-death rate — the one comparable metric. Confidence flags where small counts or sparse reporting make a county's profile less certain. Select a county for its full evidence profile.

New Jersey counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Somerset County357,467 pop.	82	0.22	4	moderate
2	Hunterdon County131,708 pop.	77	0.30	2	moderate
3	Monmouth County647,520 pop.	68	0.46	15	moderate
4	Bergen County978,641 pop.	66	0.49	24	moderate
5	Morris County523,053 pop.	65	0.50	13	moderate
6	Middlesex County890,119 pop.	62	0.56	25	moderate
7	Atlantic County279,114 pop.	57	0.64	9	moderate
8	Cape May County93,875 pop.	57	0.64	3	moderate
9	Gloucester County311,783 pop.	57	0.64	10	moderate
10	Ocean County666,434 pop.	56	0.66	22	moderate
11	Hudson County736,185 pop.	55	0.68	25	moderate
12	Essex County881,527 pop.	53	0.70	31	moderate
13	Camden County533,988 pop.	48	0.79	21	moderate
14	Passaic County526,597 pop.	48	0.80	21	moderate
15	Union County594,160 pop.	47	0.81	24	moderate
16	Burlington County475,515 pop.	35	1.01	24	moderate
17	Warren County112,031 pop.	32	1.07	6	moderate
18	Mercer County392,138 pop.	29	1.12	22	moderate
19	Salem County65,874 pop.	23	1.21	4	moderate
20	Cumberland County155,678 pop.	19	1.28	10	moderate
21	Sussex County147,444 pop.	15	1.36	10	moderate

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