In 2025, fire departments serving Anthony responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
39 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $95K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 23 | — |
* Well below Anthony'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 1 building fires Anthony departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Anthony mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Fireworks | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Anthony sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 82,075 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38,400 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,015 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,250 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,400 | 24.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,528 | 19.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,400 | 43.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67003 | 39 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Anthony. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Anthony.
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.