In 2025, fire departments serving Delbarton responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
112 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $951K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | 17 | -29.2% | |
| 2023* | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 39 | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | -48.7% |
* Well below Delbarton'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 Delbarton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 59 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 | 15 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 9 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Vacant structural area | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 13.6% |
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 Delbarton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 71.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 1.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Delbarton departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Delbarton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 89,382 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,500 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,832 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,850 | 36.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Fireworks | 4,552 | 6.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,484 | 38.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,475 | 7.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Fireworks | 3,358 | 47.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,328 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Fireworks | 3,186 | 24.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Fireworks | 3,171 | 34.9 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six West Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Delbarton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Delbarton.
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.