In 2025, fire departments serving Beaverdale responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
35 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | -44.4% | |
| 2023 | 9 | +80.0% | |
| 2024* | 2 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | — |
* Well below Beaverdale'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 Beaverdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Beaverdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Beaverdale departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Beaverdale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,347 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 888 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 755 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 480 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 345 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 300 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 297 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 295 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 173 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 | 26.5 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Beaverdale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Beaverdale.
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.