In 2025, fire departments serving Delhi responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
112 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | -50.0% | |
| 2023* | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 30 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | -46.7% |
* Well below Delhi'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 2 building fires Delhi departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Storage area, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 15.0% |
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 Delhi mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 5.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Delhi sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,312 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 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 998 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 866 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 175 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 163 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 146 | 35.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 63 | 36.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 41.1 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 Delhi. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Delhi.
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.