In 2025, fire departments serving Clinton responded to 76 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
174 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | +47.8% | |
| 2024 | 27 | -20.6% | |
| 2025 | 76 | +181.5% |
* Well below Clinton'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 9 building fires Clinton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 10 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Structural area, other | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Chute; laundry or mail, excluding trash chutes | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Clinton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 62.5% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clinton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 17,987 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Smoking | 2,855 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 998 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 866 | 24.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 41.8 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 Clinton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Clinton.
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.