In 2025, fire departments serving Bloomingburg responded to 75 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
415 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $7K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | 97 | +24.4% | |
| 2023 | 92 | -5.2% | |
| 2024 | 73 | -20.7% | |
| 2025 | 75 | +2.7% |
For the 7 building fires Bloomingburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 71 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 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 6 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 5 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 26.8% |
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 Bloomingburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 21 | 29.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 6 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 1.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Bloomingburg departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Bloomingburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 26,791 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 2,855 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 4.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 998 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 866 | 19.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 615 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 27.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12721 | 414 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Bloomingburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Bloomingburg.
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.