In 2025, fire departments serving Cana responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Cana's departments reported 38 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 77 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
385 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | — | |
| 2022 | 81 | +11.0% | |
| 2023 | 93 | +14.8% | |
| 2024 | 100 | +7.5% | |
| 2025* | 38 | — |
* Well below Cana'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 2 building fires Cana departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 147 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 | 85 | 57.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 25.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 10 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 1.4% |
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 Cana mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 124 | 84.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 0.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cana departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cana sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,727 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 3,696 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Smoking | 1,509 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 850 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 800 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 737 | 11.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 730 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 675 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 484 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 457 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Other causes | 430 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 363 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 310 | 30.0 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 Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Cana. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cana.
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.