In 2025, fire departments serving Centerville responded to 91 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K 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 70% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
405 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | 77 | +10.0% | |
| 2023 | 74 | -3.9% | |
| 2024 | 93 | +25.7% | |
| 2025 | 91 | -2.2% |
For the 2 building fires Centerville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 105 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 23 | 21.9% |
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 Centerville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 19 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Match | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 17 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Centerville departments in 2025. These 8 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 | $40,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $6,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $4,000 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Centerville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 222,203 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7,828 | 36.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 7,620 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 6,848 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,403 | 41.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 35.6 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Centerville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.