In 2025, fire departments serving Tuscarora responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Structure fire, other (conversion only) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 81% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
25 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | +128.6% |
* Well below Tuscarora'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 3 building fires Tuscarora 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 | Structural area, other | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 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 Tuscarora mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 12.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tuscarora sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,588 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 161 | 41.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 135 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 | 0.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Smoking | 120 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 99 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 93 | 39.3 mi |
Top 2 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 Tuscarora. 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.