In 2025, fire departments serving Fredonia responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K 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 71% of all calls.
Feb peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
427 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | — | |
| 2022 | 110 | +35.8% | |
| 2023 | 81 | -26.4% | |
| 2024 | 96 | +18.5% | |
| 2025 | 59 | -38.5% |
For the 2 building fires Fredonia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 88 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 22 | 25.0% |
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 Fredonia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 31.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 8.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Fredonia departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fredonia sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 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 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,673 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 780 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 92 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 85 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 72 | 4.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 64 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 54 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 35.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 16.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 44 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 33 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 46.0 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 Fredonia. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fredonia.
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.