In 2025, fire departments serving North Collins responded to 18 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 67% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
141 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 43 | +59.3% | |
| 2023 | 40 | -7.0% | |
| 2024* | 13 | — | |
| 2025 | 18 | — |
* Well below North Collins'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 2 building fires North Collins departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | Undetermined | 7 | 53.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% |
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 North Collins mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 69.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. North Collins sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 726 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 92 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 72 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 31.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 44 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 36 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 49.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 37.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Smoking | 25 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 23 | 41.0 mi |
Top 3 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 North Collins. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in North Collins.
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.