In 2025, fire departments serving Lisbon responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
65 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | -21.4% | |
| 2024 | 23 | +109.1% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -39.1% |
* Well below Lisbon'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 6 building fires Lisbon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | Outside area, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Chimney (conversion only) | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 15.4% |
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 Lisbon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lisbon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,088 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Smoking | 255 | 31.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 76 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 68 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 66 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 49 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Smoking | 36 | 19.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 32 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 | 26.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 26 | 49.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Lisbon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lisbon.
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.