In 2025, fire departments serving New Oxford responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 93% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
121 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $157K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | -65.1% | |
| 2023 | 23 | +53.3% | |
| 2024 | 25 | +8.7% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -40.0% |
For the 9 building fires New Oxford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Shipping/receiving area; loading area, dock or bay | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 8.3% |
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 New Oxford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 8.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Oxford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,888 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 935 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 76 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 72 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 55 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 13.0 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 | 17350 | 121 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of New Oxford. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in New Oxford.
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.