In 2025, fire departments serving Genola responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
61 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $408K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | — | |
| 2024 | 12 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 21 | +75.0% |
* Well below Genola'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 1 building fires Genola departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
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 Genola mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Genola departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Genola sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 812,473 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 17.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 89,148 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 78,065 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 58,707 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 38,190 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 37,923 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 14.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 23.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 49.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,540 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,442 | 40.6 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 | 84655 | 61 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Genola. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Genola.
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.