In 2025, fire departments serving Garnett responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
200 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $159K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | — | |
| 2022 | 52 | +57.6% | |
| 2023 | 45 | -13.5% | |
| 2024 | 34 | -24.4% | |
| 2025 | 36 | +5.9% |
For the 10 building fires Garnett departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 56 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 | 18 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 16.1% |
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 Garnett mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 69.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 3.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Garnett sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 37,044 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 | 6,000 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,560 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1,188 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,120 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,078 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1,043 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 47.4 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 | 66032 | 200 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Garnett. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Garnett.
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.