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2025 County Report

Fires in Richmond County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Richmond County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

495,747 residents FIPS 36085 10 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
1
1 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$20K
$10K structure · $10K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Water vehicle fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Water vehicle fire 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Richmond County?

Sep peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Richmond County

1 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
100%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $10K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Richmond County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 Staten Island Water vehicle fire Significant
06 How Richmond County compares

Richmond County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Richmond County
0
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Richmond County
0
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Richmond County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Richmond County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 36085.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.