In 2025, fire departments serving Glenville responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. 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 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
73 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $135K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | +35.7% | |
| 2024 | 19 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -26.3% |
* Well below Glenville'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 Glenville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 | 13 | 72.2% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 5.6% |
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 Glenville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 83.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Candle | 1 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Glenville departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Glenville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,322 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,033 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 894 | 33.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 806 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 790 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 625 | 37.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 | 41.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 550 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 475 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 412 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 395 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Fireworks | 392 | 45.8 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 | 26351 | 73 |
Six West Virginia cities with population within ±25% of Glenville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Glenville.
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.