In 2025, fire departments serving Centereach responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
352 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | 74 | +64.4% | |
| 2023 | 76 | +2.7% | |
| 2024 | 98 | +28.9% | |
| 2025 | 59 | -39.8% |
For the 10 building fires Centereach departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Centereach sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,579 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 | 20.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 7.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 7.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 152 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 10.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 7.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 7.3 mi |
Top 7 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 Centereach. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Centereach.
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.