ZIP 12047 recorded 199 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,000 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Albany County, NY.
1,000 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | |
| 2022 | 200 | |
| 2023 | 240 | |
| 2024 | 204 | |
| 2025 | 199 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 12047 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 118 | 11.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 96 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 88 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 87 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 81 | 8.1% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 12047 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 8 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 57 | 43.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 12047 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1022% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $288,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $194,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 12047.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohoes | 994 | |
| 2 | Watervliet | 2 | |
| 3 | Colonie | 1 | |
| 4 | Halfmoon | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,000 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.