In 2025, fire departments serving Nedrow responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 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 85% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
148 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | 41 | +2.5% | |
| 2024 | 35 | -14.6% | |
| 2025 | 26 | -25.7% |
* Well below Nedrow'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 8 building fires Nedrow departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 100.0% |
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 Nedrow mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Nedrow departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Nedrow sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,356 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 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 32.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 3.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 27 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 32.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 32.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 42.1 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 | 13120 | 148 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Nedrow. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Nedrow.
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.