In 2025, fire departments serving Newburgh responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Newburgh's departments reported 12 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 25 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
124 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | +32.0% | |
| 2024 | 42 | +27.3% | |
| 2025* | 12 | — |
* Well below Newburgh'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 0 building fires Newburgh departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Newburgh mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Newburgh sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,058 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124 | 46.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 61 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 57 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 17.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 50 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 48 | 26.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 34.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 15.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 | 16.3 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 | 04444 | 124 |
Six Maine cities with population within ±25% of Newburgh. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Newburgh.
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.