In 2025, fire departments serving Coxsackie responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
111 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | +35.3% | |
| 2023 | 32 | +39.1% | |
| 2024 | 23 | -28.1% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -30.4% |
For the 1 building fires Coxsackie departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Cell, test | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Chimney (conversion only) | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Coxsackie mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Sunlight | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Coxsackie sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 8,207 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 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 998 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 866 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 384 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 285 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 272 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 240 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 175 | 42.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 163 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 154 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 146 | 24.2 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 | 12051 | 111 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Coxsackie. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Coxsackie.
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.