In 2025, fire departments serving Dix Hills responded to 62 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
435 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 16 | — | |
| 2022* | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 115 | — | |
| 2024 | 226 | +96.5% | |
| 2025 | 62 | -72.6% |
* Well below Dix Hills'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 8 building fires Dix Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Structural area, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Dix Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dix Hills sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,557 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,050 | 34.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 48.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 20.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 230 | 47.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 190 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 185 | 47.2 mi |
Top 5 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 Dix Hills. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Dix Hills.
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.