In 2025, fire departments serving Mill Neck responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | +128.6% | |
| 2023 | 8 | -50.0% | |
| 2024 | 11 | +37.5% | |
| 2025 | 10 | -9.1% |
For the 0 building fires Mill Neck departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mill Neck sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,474 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,050 | 44.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 475 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 40.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 23.1 mi |
Top 4 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 Mill Neck. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.