In 2025, fire departments serving Brigham City responded to 112 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. 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 63% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
467 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $2.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | — | |
| 2022 | 95 | +11.8% | |
| 2023 | 78 | -17.9% | |
| 2024 | 97 | +24.4% | |
| 2025 | 112 | +15.5% |
For the 7 building fires Brigham City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 111 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 | 19 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 23.4% |
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 Brigham City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 36 | 32.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 18.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brigham City departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brigham City sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 264,845 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 23.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 31,395 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 20,616 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 15,046 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 12,498 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 11,200 | 33.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 9,674 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,594 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 8,146 | 48.3 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 | 84302 | 467 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Brigham City. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Brigham City.
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.