In 2025, fire departments serving Iva responded to 97 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $4K 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 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
747 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 154 | — | |
| 2022 | 205 | +33.1% | |
| 2023 | 134 | -34.6% | |
| 2024 | 157 | +17.2% | |
| 2025 | 97 | -38.2% |
For the 26 building fires Iva departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 385 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 | 113 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 53 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 52 | 13.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 37 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 56 | 14.5% |
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 Iva mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 245 | 63.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 40 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 4.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Iva departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Iva sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 6 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 6,294 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 570 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Debris and open burning | 547 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 325 | 16.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 310 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 301 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 250 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 250 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 239 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 202 | 14.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 28.1 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six South Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Iva. 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.