In 2025, fire departments serving Conesus responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
May peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
156 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $150K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 49 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | -30.6% | |
| 2024 | 30 | -11.8% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +13.3% |
* Well below Conesus'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 4 building fires Conesus departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 100.0% |
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 Conesus mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Conesus departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1 | Power line down | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Conesus sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,963 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 39.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 7.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 33.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 43 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 43 | 32.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14435 | 156 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Conesus. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Conesus.
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.