In 2025, fire departments serving East Stroudsburg responded to 100 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
695 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 113 | — | |
| 2022 | 170 | +50.4% | |
| 2023 | 194 | +14.1% | |
| 2024 | 118 | -39.2% | |
| 2025 | 100 | -15.3% |
For the 25 building fires East Stroudsburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 233 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 | 59 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 67 | 28.8% |
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 East Stroudsburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 149 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 23 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Match | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 15 | 6.4% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. East Stroudsburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 2 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,738 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 14.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,265 | 14.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 812 | 12.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 4.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 674 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 11.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 3.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 615 | 17.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 500 | 24.8 mi |
Top 7 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 Stroudsburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in East Stroudsburg.
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.