In 2025, fire departments serving Goddard responded to 68 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 54% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
263 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 75 | — | |
| 2023 | 51 | -32.0% | |
| 2024 | 69 | +35.3% | |
| 2025 | 68 | -1.4% |
* Well below Goddard'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 4 building fires Goddard departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 79 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 11 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 5 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 24.1% |
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 Goddard mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 48.1% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 5 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Goddard departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Goddard sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 108,111 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,000 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,800 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,945 | 29.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 3,800 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,500 | 42.2 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 | 67052 | 263 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Goddard. 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.