In 2025, fire departments serving Leeds responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Road freight or transport vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
111 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $548K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | |
| 2022* | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | -4.0% | |
| 2025 | 27 | +12.5% |
* Well below Leeds'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 Leeds departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 52 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 | 17 | 32.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 7 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 7 | 13.5% | |
| 4 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 9.6% |
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 Leeds mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Leeds departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leeds sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 524,722 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 71,675 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 65,480 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 50,737 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 41,451 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 34,200 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 29,933 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 21,105 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 18,235 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,632 | 12.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 16,816 | 49.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 13,800 | 47.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 12,641 | 26.4 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 Leeds. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Leeds.
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.