In 2025, fire departments serving Oneida responded to 156 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
633 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.0B cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 83 | — | |
| 2022 | 109 | +31.3% | |
| 2023 | 144 | +32.1% | |
| 2024 | 141 | -2.1% | |
| 2025 | 156 | +10.6% |
For the 14 building fires Oneida departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 100 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 | 16 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 13 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 29 | 29.0% |
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 Oneida mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oneida departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oneida sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 681 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 15.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 12.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 25.1 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 | 13421 | 633 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Oneida. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Oneida.
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.