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Fire history in New York

New York has 64 county-level fire declarations across 62 counties. Orange County leads with 3 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for fire events in this state: $2.8B.

This page shows every New York county in New York that has at least one FEMA fire declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to fire events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of fire declarations across all states, see the fire disaster type page. For all hazard types in New York, see the New York state page.

Fire in New York

Counties ranked by fire declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Orange County3$104K
2Albany County1$639.7M
3Allegany County1$9K
4Bronx County1$1K
5Broome County1$12K
6Cattaraugus County1$45K
7Cayuga County1$7K
8Chautauqua County1$13K
9Chemung County1$7K
10Chenango County1$5K
11Clinton County1$6K
12Columbia County1$8K
13Cortland County1$8K
14Delaware County1$13K
15Dutchess County1$40K
16Erie County1$429K
17Essex County1$2.6M
18Franklin County1$0
19Fulton County1$14K
20Genesee County1$14K
21Greene County1$4K
22Hamilton County1$0
23Herkimer County1$8K
24Jefferson County1$5K
25Kings County1$260.7M
26Lewis County1$2K
27Livingston County1$12K
28Madison County1$4K
29Monroe County1$41K
30Montgomery County1$11K
31Nassau County1$8.5M
32New York County1$1.6B
33Niagara County1$48K
34Oneida County1$4K
35Onondaga County1$40K
36Ontario County1$31K
37Orleans County1$0
38Oswego County1$18K
39Otsego County1$13K
40Putnam County1$110K
41Queens County1$344.0M
42Rensselaer County1$166K
43Richmond County1$90K
44Rockland County1$304K
45Saratoga County1$31K
46Schenectady County1$29K
47Schoharie County1$0
48Schuyler County1$0
49Seneca County1$7K
50St. Lawrence County1$7K
51Steuben County1$18K
52Suffolk County1$3.3M
53Sullivan County1$0
54Tioga County1$13K
55Tompkins County1$6K
56Ulster County1$0
57Warren County1$27K
58Washington County1$6K
59Wayne County1$5K
60Westchester County1$1.8M
61Wyoming County1$6K
62Yates County1$0