In 2025, fire departments serving Perry responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
94 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | -12.0% | |
| 2024 | 24 | +9.1% | |
| 2025 | 21 | -12.5% |
* Well below Perry'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 1 building fires Perry departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 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 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 50.0% |
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 Perry mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Perry sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,085 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 40.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 11.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 43 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 43 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 | 24.3 mi |
Top 2 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 Perry. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Perry.
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.