In 2025, fire departments serving Red Creek responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
86 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | -20.8% | |
| 2024 | 21 | +10.5% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -9.5% |
* Well below Red Creek'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 Red Creek 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 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 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 Red Creek mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Red Creek sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 17 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,187 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 37.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 17.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 17 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 14 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 12 | 47.6 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 | 13143 | 86 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Red Creek. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Red Creek.
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.