In 2025, fire departments serving Cobleskill responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
53 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 14 | +27.3% | |
| 2025 | 15 | +7.1% |
* Well below Cobleskill'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 3 building fires Cobleskill 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 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Wall assembly | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 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 Cobleskill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cobleskill sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,828 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 266 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 146 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 44.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 36.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 73 | 47.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 70 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 | 29.9 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 Cobleskill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cobleskill.
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.