In 2025, fire departments serving Dolgeville responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
79 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $92K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | +12.5% | |
| 2023* | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 26 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | -53.8% |
* Well below Dolgeville'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 Dolgeville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Arena, assembly area w/ fixed seats - 100+ persons | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Swimming pool | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Dolgeville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dolgeville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dolgeville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,597 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Smoking | 310 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 266 | 31.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 73 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 70 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 | 43.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 | 4.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 46 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 39.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 49.2 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 | 13329 | 79 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Dolgeville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Dolgeville.
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.