In 2025, fire departments serving Cannonsburg responded to 64 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
204 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $5K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 54 | — | |
| 2024 | 78 | +44.4% | |
| 2025 | 64 | -17.9% |
* Well below Cannonsburg'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 7 building fires Cannonsburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 51 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 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 5.9% |
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 Cannonsburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 62.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Match | 1 | 2.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cannonsburg departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cannonsburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 40,378 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,865 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,250 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,200 | 37.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,090 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,934 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,880 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,769 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,739 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,700 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,678 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,640 | 39.9 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Cannonsburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.