In 2025, fire departments serving Camillus responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 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.
May peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
165 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | +4.3% | |
| 2023 | 45 | +87.5% | |
| 2024 | 39 | -13.3% | |
| 2025 | 34 | -12.8% |
For the 7 building fires Camillus departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Camillus departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Power line down | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Camillus sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,288 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 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 39.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 16.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 23.6 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 | 13031 | 165 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Camillus. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Camillus.
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.