In 2025, fire departments serving Roslyn Heights responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
109 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | -36.1% | |
| 2023 | 22 | -4.3% | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 22 | — |
* Well below Roslyn Heights'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 3 building fires Roslyn Heights 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 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Outside 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 Roslyn Heights mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarette | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roslyn Heights departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roslyn Heights sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,700 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,050 | 50.0 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 700 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 552 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 485 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 481 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 475 | 41.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 468 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 38.4 mi |
Top 7 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 Roslyn Heights. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Roslyn Heights.
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.