In 2025, fire departments serving Savona responded to 28 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 93% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
101 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | 27 | -25.0% | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | — |
* Well below Savona'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 7 building fires Savona 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 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 Savona mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Savona sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,727 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 | 16.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Smoking | 120 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 44.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 73 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 52 | 45.7 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 | 14879 | 101 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Savona. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Savona.
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.