In 2025, fire departments serving Sandy Hook responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | +66.7% | |
| 2023 | 7 | -30.0% | |
| 2024 | 11 | +57.1% | |
| 2025 | 10 | -9.1% |
For the 0 building fires Sandy Hook departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sandy Hook sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 67,646 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,500 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,070 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,500 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3,500 | 46.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,865 | 41.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,200 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,200 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 38.3 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Sandy Hook. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.