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In 2025, fire departments serving Corning responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
333 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.1M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | — | |
| 2022 | 62 | +24.0% | |
| 2023 | 106 | +71.0% | |
| 2024 | 70 | -34.0% | |
| 2025 | 45 | -35.7% |
For the 1 building fires Corning departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 93 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 | 24 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 9 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 22.6% |
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 Corning mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 49.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Corning departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $11,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Corning sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,790,649 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 589,368 | 28.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 328,363 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 75,431 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56,338 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 44,683 | 30.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 34,175 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 32,903 | 39.2 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Corning. 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.