In 2025, fire departments serving Schuylerville responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
92 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $201K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 28 | +47.4% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -46.4% |
* Well below Schuylerville'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 Schuylerville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Schuylerville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Schuylerville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Schuylerville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,779 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Smoking | 310 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 272 | 34.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 270 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 266 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 190 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 173 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 8.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 | 18.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 75 | 18.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 | 43.6 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 | 12871 | 92 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Schuylerville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Schuylerville.
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.