In 2025, fire departments serving Harriman responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . 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 100% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | -46.2% | |
| 2024 | 12 | +71.4% | |
| 2025 | 14 | +16.7% |
* Well below Harriman'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 0 building fires Harriman departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | 1 | 100.0% |
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 Harriman mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Harriman sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 17,525 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Smoking | 2,855 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 998 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 866 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 7.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 5.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 39.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 500 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 5.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 7.0 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 | 10926 | 52 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Harriman. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Harriman.
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.