In 2025, fire departments serving Scio responded to 13 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 85% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
39 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 5 | -58.3% | |
| 2025 | 13 | +160.0% |
* Well below Scio'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 Scio 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 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 Scio mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 1 | 25.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Scio sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,646 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 | 38.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Smoking | 120 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 68 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 32.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 56 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 52 | 14.3 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 | 14880 | 39 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Scio. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Scio.
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.