In 2025, fire departments serving Cedar Hills responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
134 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $730K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 30 | +11.1% | |
| 2023 | 24 | -20.0% | |
| 2024 | 26 | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | 27 | +3.8% |
For the 5 building fires Cedar Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Cedar Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Incendiary device | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cedar Hills departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cedar Hills sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 482,057 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 31.1 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 | 84062 | 134 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Cedar Hills. 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.