In 2025, fire departments serving Hurricane responded to 148 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 43% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
790 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 134 | — | |
| 2022 | 160 | +19.4% | |
| 2023 | 161 | +0.6% | |
| 2024 | 187 | +16.1% | |
| 2025 | 148 | -20.9% |
For the 8 building fires Hurricane departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 274 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 | 49 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 35 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 14 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 63 | 23.0% |
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 Hurricane mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 118 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Match | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 44 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hurricane departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $35,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hurricane sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
8 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 581,091 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 71,675 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 65,480 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 50,737 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 41,451 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 35,639 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 34,200 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 29,933 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 28,177 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 21,105 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 18,235 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,632 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 17,188 | 48.4 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Hurricane. 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.