In 2025, fire departments serving Haven responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $200.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | -20.6% | |
| 2023* | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 18 | — | |
| 2025 | 12 | -33.3% |
* Well below Haven'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 3 building fires Haven departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 43 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 | 11 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 18.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 11.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Separate operator/control area of transportation | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 4.7% |
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 Haven mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 16.3% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 7.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Haven departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Haven sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 121,379 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 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,800 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,000 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 37.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,960 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,945 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 3,800 | 47.3 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 | 67543 | 96 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Haven. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Haven.
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.