In 2025, fire departments serving Greenburgh responded to 79 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M 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 77% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
598 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.5M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 121 | — | |
| 2022 | 153 | +26.4% | |
| 2023 | 147 | -3.9% | |
| 2024 | 98 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 79 | -19.4% |
For the 12 building fires Greenburgh 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 4 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Assembly area without fixed seats - 100+ persons | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 20.6% |
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 Greenburgh mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greenburgh departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greenburgh sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,549 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 47.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 500 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 475 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 24.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 5.3 mi |
Top 10 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 Greenburgh. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.