In 2025, fire departments serving Warren County responded to 390 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5.0M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips.
2,188 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 361 | |
| 2022 | 487 | |
| 2023 | 477 | |
| 2024 | 473 | |
| 2025 | 390 |
For the 77 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Warren County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000 | Lake George | Water vehicle fire | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Lake George | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $110,000 | Thurman | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $26,000 | Lake George | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | Glens Falls | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 36113.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Queensbury | 29,140 | View › |
| Glens Falls | 14,743 | View › |
| West Glens Falls | 9,565 | View › |
| Glens Falls North | 8,996 | View › |
| Warrensburg | 3,957 | View › |
| Lake George | 3,507 | View › |
| Lake Luzerne | 3,090 | View › |
| Johnsburg | 2,319 | View › |
| Bolton | 1,900 | View › |
| Horicon | 1,508 | View › |
| Thurman | 938 | View › |
| Stony Creek | 866 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.