In 2025, fire departments serving Kingston responded to 102 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
781 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 190 | — | |
| 2022 | 198 | +4.2% | |
| 2023 | 144 | -27.3% | |
| 2024 | 147 | +2.1% | |
| 2025 | 102 | -30.6% |
For the 7 building fires Kingston departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 45 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 | Function area, other | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Entrance way, lobby | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 10 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 12 | 26.7% |
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 Kingston mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 24.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Match | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kingston sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,174 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,265 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 4.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 812 | 30.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 674 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 615 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 398 | 12.9 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Kingston. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Kingston.
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.