In 2025, fire departments serving Cuba responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
155 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $110K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 42 | +50.0% | |
| 2023 | 28 | -33.3% | |
| 2024* | 17 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | — |
* Well below Cuba'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 4 building fires Cuba departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Cuba mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cuba sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,382 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Smoking | 120 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 92 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 64 | 49.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 56 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 52 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 29.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 28.9 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 | 14727 | 155 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Cuba. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cuba.
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.