In 2025, fire departments serving Marcy responded to 64 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 70% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
189 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $342K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | 37 | +27.6% | |
| 2024 | 37 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 64 | +73.0% |
* Well below Marcy'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 16 building fires Marcy 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 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 Marcy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marcy departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,500 | Overheated motor | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $500 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1 | Overheated motor | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1 | Power line down | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1 | Refrigeration leak | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1 | Authorized controlled burning | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marcy sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 711 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 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 | 30.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 26.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 45.8 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 Marcy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Marcy.
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.