In 2025, fire departments serving Coeymans responded to 11 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 82% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
75 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | -26.3% | |
| 2023 | 17 | +21.4% | |
| 2024 | 14 | -17.6% | |
| 2025 | 11 | -21.4% |
For the 0 building fires Coeymans 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 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Conveyor | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 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 Coeymans mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 76.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coeymans sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,983 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 272 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 146 | 30.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 31.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 43.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 | 15.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 79 | 40.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 75 | 38.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 63 | 49.6 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 Coeymans. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.