In 2025, fire departments serving Troy responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
68 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $800K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | -29.4% | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024* | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 25 | — |
* Well below Troy'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 2 building fires Troy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Troy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Troy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 9 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 177 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 27 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 | 16.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Smoking | 10 | 31.1 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 Vermont cities with population within ±25% of Troy. 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.