In 2025, fire departments serving Eighty Four responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
215 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $351K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | 40 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 81 | +102.5% | |
| 2025 | 34 | -58.0% |
* Well below Eighty Four'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 Eighty Four departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 85 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 | 21 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 16.5% |
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 Eighty Four mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 63.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 4.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eighty Four departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $64,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eighty Four sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,295 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Smoking | 394 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 47.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 62 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 24.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 | 35.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 36 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 | 35.5 mi |
Top 5 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 Eighty Four. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Eighty Four.
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.