In 2025, fire departments serving Farr West responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
151 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 39 | — | |
| 2024 | 58 | +48.7% | |
| 2025 | 45 | -22.4% |
* Well below Farr West'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 8 building fires Farr West departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 29 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 | 10 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Shipping/receiving area; loading area, dock or bay | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 13.8% |
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 Farr West mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Candle | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Farr West departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Farr West sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 254,466 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 20,616 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 15,046 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 11,200 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 9,674 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,680 | 45.7 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 | 84404 | 151 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Farr West. 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.