In 2025, fire departments serving Conway responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
107 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | +30.0% | |
| 2024 | 30 | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -36.7% |
* Well below Conway'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 Conway departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | Outside area, other | 6 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.8% |
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 Conway mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Match | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 4.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Conway sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,550 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 33.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 46.6 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Conway. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Conway.
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.