In 2025, fire departments serving Scipio responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
103 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | +135.7% | |
| 2024 | 22 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 29 | +31.8% |
* Well below Scipio'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 5 building fires Scipio departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Scipio mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Scipio sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,647 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 16.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 36.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 49.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 27.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 47.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Smoking | 30 | 38.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Scipio. 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.