In 2025, fire departments serving Butler responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
70 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 14 | -6.7% | |
| 2024 | 19 | +35.7% | |
| 2025 | 21 | +10.5% |
* Well below Butler'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 2 building fires Butler departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Butler sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 24 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,364 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 13.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Smoking | 30 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 37.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 15.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 42.9 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 Butler. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.