In 2025, fire departments serving Seaford responded to 90 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $600K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
449 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $695K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 105 | +52.2% | |
| 2023 | 86 | -18.1% | |
| 2024 | 99 | +15.1% | |
| 2025 | 90 | -9.1% |
For the 5 building fires Seaford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | Undetermined | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 14.3% |
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 Seaford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 64.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Seaford departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Seaford sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,359 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,050 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 992 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | 475 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 410 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 363 | 35.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 230 | 49.0 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 Seaford. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Seaford.
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.