In 2025, fire departments serving Lysander responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
35 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $500 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024* | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | — |
* Well below Lysander'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 9 building fires Lysander departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Lysander mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lysander departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lysander sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 22 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,302 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 22.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 35.3 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 Lysander. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lysander.
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.