In 2025, fire departments serving Churchville responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
167 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $100 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | -5.6% | |
| 2024 | 48 | +41.2% | |
| 2025 | 31 | -35.4% |
* Well below Churchville'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 Churchville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Churchville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Candle | 1 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Churchville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Churchville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 781 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 16.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 | 36.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Smoking | 30 | 45.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 41.9 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 Churchville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Churchville.
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.