In 2025, fire departments serving Armonk responded to 54 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
322 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $547K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 30 | — | |
| 2022 | 67 | — | |
| 2023 | 75 | +11.9% | |
| 2024 | 96 | +28.0% | |
| 2025 | 54 | -43.8% |
* Well below Armonk's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Armonk departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 29 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 24.1% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Armonk mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 58.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Armonk departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Armonk sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,861 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 50.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 18.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 22.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 384 | 48.9 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Armonk. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Armonk.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.