In 2025, fire departments serving Connellsville responded to 134 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
May peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
900 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. 5 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 230 | — | |
| 2022 | 211 | -8.3% | |
| 2023 | 200 | -5.2% | |
| 2024 | 125 | -37.5% | |
| 2025 | 134 | +7.2% |
For the 25 building fires Connellsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 190 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 | 78 | 41.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 31 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 27 | 14.2% |
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 Connellsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 135 | 71.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 5.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Connellsville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,878 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 755 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 480 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Smoking | 394 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 90 | 25.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 2.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 31.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Fireworks | 50 | 42.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 | 48.6 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Connellsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Connellsville.
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.