In 2025, fire departments serving Hallstead responded to 12 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 92% of all calls.
May peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | +57.1% | |
| 2023 | 32 | +45.5% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | — |
* Well below Hallstead'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 5 building fires Hallstead departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 36 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 | Other | 16 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 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 Hallstead mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 13 | 36.1% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Match | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 2.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hallstead sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,108 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 398 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 136 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 102 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 96 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 82 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 81 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 63 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 62 | 42.9 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 | 18822 | 85 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Hallstead. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hallstead.
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.