In 2025, fire departments serving Holualoa responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
66 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 13 | +30.0% | |
| 2023 | 14 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | 13 | -7.1% | |
| 2025 | 16 | +23.1% |
For the 0 building fires Holualoa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Assembly area - less than 100 persons | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Holualoa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 90.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Holualoa sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 116,024 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,000 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 21.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 17.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,138 | 20.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 19.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 12.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,884 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,572 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,800 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,800 | 24.7 mi | |
| 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,800 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,640 | 20.2 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Hawaii cities with population within ±25% of Holualoa. 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.