In 2025, fire departments serving Layton responded to 341 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K 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 58% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,466 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $7.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 270 | — | |
| 2022 | 275 | +1.9% | |
| 2023 | 269 | -2.2% | |
| 2024 | 311 | +15.6% | |
| 2025 | 341 | +9.6% |
For the 18 building fires Layton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 380 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 73 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 43 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 25 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 19 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 19 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 14 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 105 | 27.6% |
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 Layton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 55 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 49 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 25 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 22 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 60 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Layton departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 83% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Layton sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
28 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 | 3 | |
| 10-19 | 4 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 6 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 2 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 284,725 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7,828 | 47.7 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 Layton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Layton.
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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.