In 2025, fire departments serving Harrisville responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Harrisville's departments reported 11 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 20 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Fires in structures other than in a building lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 82% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
102 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | 24 | -14.3% | |
| 2023 | 28 | +16.7% | |
| 2024* | 11 | — | |
| 2025* | 11 | — |
* Well below Harrisville'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 Harrisville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | Outside area, other | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Harrisville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Harrisville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,595 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 59 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 7.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 6.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 33 | 42.1 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 | 16038 | 102 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Harrisville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Harrisville.
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.