In 2025, fire departments serving Frankfort responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
135 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $619K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | 35 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | -2.9% | |
| 2024 | 22 | -35.3% | |
| 2025 | 29 | +31.8% |
* Well below Frankfort'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 5 building fires Frankfort departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | Undetermined | 14 | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 5.9% |
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 Frankfort mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 55.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Frankfort departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Frankfort sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 841 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 36.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 | 47.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 | 30.6 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 | 48.2 mi |
Top 2 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 Frankfort. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Frankfort.
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.