In 2025, fire departments serving Scotia responded to 93 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 79% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
426 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | — | |
| 2022 | 84 | +50.0% | |
| 2023 | 104 | +23.8% | |
| 2024 | 89 | -14.4% | |
| 2025 | 93 | +4.5% |
For the 18 building fires Scotia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Scotia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,449 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Smoking | 310 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 272 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 266 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 173 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 41.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 24.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 20.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 75 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 73 | 27.5 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 Scotia. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Scotia.
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.