In 2025, fire departments serving Larned responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $45K 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 73% of all calls.
Apr peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
59 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $105K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 19 | -13.6% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -21.1% |
* Well below Larned'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 Larned departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | Storage area, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 10.5% |
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 Larned mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Larned departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $45,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Larned sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 65,137 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,600 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,000 | 32.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 38.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,960 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,480 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,664 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3,000 | 20.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 2,620 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1,897 | 34.0 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 Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Larned. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Larned.
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.