In 2025, fire departments serving Volney responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
98 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 23 | +21.1% | |
| 2024 | 14 | -39.1% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +142.9% |
* Well below Volney'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 20 building fires Volney departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Volney sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 16 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,158 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 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 21 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 13 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 | 15.8 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 Volney. 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.