In 2025, fire departments serving Center Moriches responded to 53 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 79% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
256 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 62 | — | |
| 2023 | 48 | -22.6% | |
| 2024 | 66 | +37.5% | |
| 2025 | 53 | -19.7% |
* Well below Center Moriches'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 Center Moriches departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | Storage area, other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Center Moriches mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Center Moriches sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,202 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,050 | 10.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 8.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 6.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 8.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 152 | 10.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 8.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 8.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 100 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 32.2 mi |
Top 3 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 Center Moriches. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Center Moriches.
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.