In 2025, fire departments serving East Chillisquaque responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Accident, potential accident, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | 7 | -56.2% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +71.4% |
* Well below East Chillisquaque'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 0 building fires East Chillisquaque departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 10.0% |
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 East Chillisquaque mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. East Chillisquaque sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,573 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 935 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 336 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 282 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 263 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 258 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 257 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 193 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 184 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 183 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 168 | 41.0 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of East Chillisquaque. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.