In 2025, fire departments serving Hyrum responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $70K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
138 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | — | |
| 2022* | 14 | — | |
| 2023* | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | 41 | — | |
| 2025 | 36 | -12.2% |
* Well below Hyrum'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 1 building fires Hyrum departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | Undetermined | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Office | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 16.0% |
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 Hyrum mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Match | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hyrum departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $200 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hyrum sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 253,572 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 34.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 31,395 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 20,616 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 15,046 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13,784 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13,763 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 12,498 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 11,200 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 9,674 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,594 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,680 | 37.5 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Hyrum. 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.