In 2025, fire departments serving Angola responded to 58 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
291 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $86K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 33 | — | |
| 2022 | 66 | — | |
| 2023 | 78 | +18.2% | |
| 2024 | 56 | -28.2% | |
| 2025 | 58 | +3.6% |
* Well below Angola's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 10 building fires Angola departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 65 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 21.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 12 | 18.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Angola mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 47.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 11 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 1.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Angola departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Angola sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 642 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 92 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 72 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 38.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 36.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 44 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 | 43.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Smoking | 25 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 23 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 | 46.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Smoking | 20 | 29.9 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Angola. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Angola.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.