In 2025, fire departments serving Kendall responded to 32 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 84% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
129 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $509K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | +50.0% | |
| 2023 | 24 | -11.1% | |
| 2024 | 28 | +16.7% | |
| 2025 | 32 | +14.3% |
For the 1 building fires Kendall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Incinerator area | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Kendall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 9 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kendall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 12 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 421 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 19.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 16 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 14 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 14 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 11 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 10 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 | 44.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Kendall. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Kendall.
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.