Paramus, NJ
Paramus, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Paramus's 9,381 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paramus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 22.8% of Paramus's 9,381 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 9,381 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Paramus compares
Paramus scores 20th nationally and 6th within New Jersey — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paramus ranks 25,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,745 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 660 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Paramus
Paramus's moderate wildfire rating (20th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Paramus
Even with 77.2% of Paramus outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Paramus's figures come from
Paramus's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Paramus's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.