In 2025, fire departments serving Lorraine responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $238K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 89% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
64 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $485K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | 20 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 18 | -10.0% |
* Well below Lorraine'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 3 building fires Lorraine departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Lorraine mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lorraine departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $238,100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lorraine sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 18 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 632 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 9.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 66 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 26.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 4.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 42.0 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 | 13659 | 64 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Lorraine. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lorraine.
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.