In 2025, fire departments serving Laupahoehoe responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
33 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 6 | -33.3% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +66.7% |
* Well below Laupahoehoe'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 0 building fires Laupahoehoe departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Laupahoehoe mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 75.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 8.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Laupahoehoe sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 126,206 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 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 30.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,138 | 35.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 33.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 4,930 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,700 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,884 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,572 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 3,407 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,800 | 11.1 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 Laupahoehoe. 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.