In 2025, fire departments serving Marion responded to 82 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 96% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
247 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | — | |
| 2022 | 42 | +20.0% | |
| 2023 | 39 | -7.1% | |
| 2024 | 49 | +25.6% | |
| 2025 | 82 | +67.3% |
For the 7 building fires Marion departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marion sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,543 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 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 25.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 28.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 | 41.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Smoking | 30 | 38.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 | 31.5 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 | 14505 | 247 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Marion. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Marion.
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.