In 2025, fire departments serving Caneadea responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $34K 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 100% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
27 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $49K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 4 | -55.6% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +150.0% |
* Well below Caneadea'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 1 building fires Caneadea departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Caneadea mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Caneadea departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $34,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Caneadea sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,180 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 31.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 52 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 39.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 17.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 44 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 43 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 43 | 33.6 mi |
Top 2 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 Caneadea. 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.