Statistics

In 2020 The Somerville Responded to 413 incidents. The breakdown of the many types of incidents we responded to can be seen below. Many of the cover assignments or move ups included fires that were fought in surrounding communities where mutual aid was provided. Our average response time was 5 minutes and 55 seconds after the initial call.

Incident TypeIncidents
111 - Building fire6
113 - Cooking fire, confined to container5
118 - Trash or Rubbish fire, contained4
131 - Passenger Vehicle fire2
141 - Forest, woods or wild-land fire1
142 - Brush or brush-and-glass mixture fire1
142M - Mulch fire4
150 - Outside rubbish fire, other1
162 - Outside equipment fire4
251 - Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition1
311 - Medical assist, assist EMS crew2
322 - Motor vehicle accident with injuries1
323 - Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped)1
324 - Motor vehicle accident with no injuries6
353 - Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator15
410 - Combustible / flammable gas / liquid condition, other1
411 - Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill2
412 - Gas leak (natural gas or LPG)17
413 - Oil or other combustible liquid spill3
424 - Carbon Monoxide incident5
440 - Electrical wiring / equipment problem, other6
442- Overheated motor8
444 - Power line down3
461 - Building or structure weekened or collapsed1
520 - Water problem, other2
522 - Water or steam leak4
551 - Assist police or other governmental Agency1
561 - Unauthorized burning2
571 - Cover assignment, standby, moveup14
600 - Good intent call, other3
611 - Dispatch and canceled en route12
631 - Authorized controlled burning1
650 - Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other1
651 - Smoke scare, odor of smoke15
653 - Smoke from barbecue, tar kettle1
671 - HazMat release investigation who HazMat30
721 - Bomb scare - No bomb1
733 - Smoke detector activation due to malfunction12
735 - Alarm system sounded due to malfunction36
736 - CO detector activation due to malfunction4
743 - Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional112
745 - Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional51
746 - Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO9
812 - Flood assessment1
900 - Special type of incident, other1
Total Incidents413
Somerville, NJ
40°
mostly cloudy
57% humidity
wind: 17mph NNW
H 40 • L 31
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Contact Info

Mailing Address
170 E.Main St.
Somerville, NJ 08876

Emergency: 911
Phone: 908.725.9437

Open 8AM - 6PM
(Monday to Friday)

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