Albany, NY

County incident profile · 2021–2025

164,809
5-Year Incidents
38
Departments
314,684
Population
104.7
Incidents / 1K / Yr
Data disclaimer: Based on the NFIRS Public Data Release (2021–2025). NFIRS is voluntarily reported and may not include all departments or incidents. Some departments have missing years or incomplete records. Totals shown reflect data as submitted and may not represent complete activity.

Incident Composition (2021–2025)

EMS / Rescue
96,796 (58.7%)
False Alarms
28,348 (17.2%)
Good Intent
19,796 (12%)
Service Calls
8,679 (5.3%)
Fire
3,753 (2.3%)

5-Year Trends

Total Incidents

By Incident Type

Key Metrics

32,962
Avg Incidents / Year
58.7%
EMS Share
2.3%
Fire Share
17.2%
False Alarm Rate
+126.1%
5-Year Trend
38
Departments

Departments

Showing 38 of 38
Department 5-Year Incidents Fire % EMS % False Alarm % Trend
Albany Fire Department 97,669 1.1% 68.5% 13.8% +188.8%
Cohoes Fire Department 17,091 1.6% 74.5% 10.1% +73.3%
Watervliet Fire Department 10,395 0.5% 77.7% 5.2% +789.4%
Latham Fire Department 4,252 5.5% 39.6% 34% -57%
Shaker Rdloudonville Fire Dpt 3,629 3.5% 24% 41.4% -17.2%
Green Island Fire Dept 2,387 1.4% 60.4% 5.8% -1%
Albany County Airport 2,267 1.7% 43.9% 19% +387.1%
Fuller Road Fire Department 2,024 6% 5% 44.9% -2.7%
Elsmere Fire Department 1,917 4.9% 8.9% 33.8% +31.6%
Delmar Fire Department 1,786 1.7% 8.5% 31% +48.3%
West Albany Fire Department 1,759 8.4% 7.8% 15.9% +147.5%
Bought Community Fire Dept 1,737 17.3% 17.3% 38.3% +28.8%
Colonie Fire Department 1,591 8% 11.1% 33.5% +230.9%
Westmere Fire Department 1,556 11.9% 5.1% 50.3% +29.7%
Midway Fire Department 1,434 7% 12.1% 36.5% -18.3%
Verdoy Fire Department 1,419 5.8% 8.7% 57.4% -83.4%
Guilderland Fire Department 1,132 11.1% 4.6% 34.6% +23.2%
Slingerlands Fire Department 1,027 5.9% 5.1% 36.6% +113.7%
Maplewood Fire Department 1,020 4.6% 46% 18.7% +17%
Menands Fire Department 951 9.1% 15% 28% -37.5%
Mckownville Fire Department 927 5.8% 3.5% 64.2% +34.7%
Selkirk Fire Department 831 1.2% 17.2% 28.3% +1253.8%
Schuyler Heights Fire Dept 779 1.7% 12.8% 23.6% +1104.5%
Onesquethaw Fire Dept 748 4.9% 68.2% 4.9% +19%
North Bethlehem Fire Dept 730 10.3% 37.4% 25.3% -62%
Coeymans Fire Department 541 7.8% 19.6% 17.2% +69.9%
Coeymanshollow Fire Dept 473 5.9% 65.3% 4.4% +86.2%
Berne Fire Department 433 7.9% 34.2% 19.6% +104%
New Salem Fire Department 408 4.2% 23.3% 34.3% +275%
Altamont Fire Department 388 9.3% 5.7% 50% +18.8%
Guilderland Center Fire Dept 347 13% 6.3% 39.2% +55.4%
Westerlo Fire Department 342 2% 25.4% 15.2% +11100%
Voorheesville Fire Department 246 9.8% 10.2% 44.3% +60%
Ravena Fire Department 188 1.1% 17% 16% -92.9%
Knox Fire Department 186 8.1% 41.4% 15.6% +57.1%
Rensselaerville Fire Dept 168 7.1% 13.1% 18.5% +1300%
Medusa Fire Department 19 5.3% 26.3% 21.1% -75%
Trivillage Fire Department 12 0% 0% 16.7%
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