ZIP 12305 recorded 49 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 328 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schenectady County, NY.
328 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 106 | |
| 2023 | 111 | |
| 2024 | 61 | |
| 2025 | 49 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 12305 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 53 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 45 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 37 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 24 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 16 | 4.9% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 12305 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 16 | 27.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 32.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 12 | 20.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 15.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Candle | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 12305 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $1,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 12305.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schenectady | 326 | |
| 2 | Rotterdam | 2 |
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 — 328 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.