In 2025, fire departments serving Endicott responded to 241 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. 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 57% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,367 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 251 | — | |
| 2022 | 246 | -2.0% | |
| 2023 | 353 | +43.5% | |
| 2024 | 276 | -21.8% | |
| 2025 | 241 | -12.7% |
For the 17 building fires Endicott departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 152 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 | 33 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 45 | 29.6% |
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 Endicott mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 15 | 9.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Endicott departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Endicott sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
12 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 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 4 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,194 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 136 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 102 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 53 | 10.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 7.2 mi |
Top 4 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 Endicott. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
5 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Endicott.
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.