In 2025, fire departments serving Schodack responded to 15 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 80% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
87 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 27 | +35.0% | |
| 2024 | 18 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -16.7% |
* Well below Schodack'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 Schodack departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 4 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 | Other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 25.0% |
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 Schodack mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 25.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Schodack sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,894 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 272 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 146 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 21.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 44.4 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 | 23.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 79 | 38.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 75 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 73 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 | 15.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 | 17.2 mi |
Top 5 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 Schodack. 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.