In 2025, fire departments serving Hartsdale responded to 95 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 65% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
645 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 141 | — | |
| 2022 | 161 | +14.2% | |
| 2023 | 120 | -25.5% | |
| 2024 | 128 | +6.7% | |
| 2025 | 95 | -25.8% |
For the 9 building fires Hartsdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Incinerator area | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Separate operator/control area of transportation | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Hartsdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 33.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hartsdale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
15 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 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,200 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 | 46.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 18.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 550 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 475 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 26.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 20.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 7.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 32.3 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 Hartsdale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hartsdale.
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.