In 2025, fire departments serving Lehi responded to 168 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 52% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,085 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $7.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 223 | — | |
| 2022 | 212 | -4.9% | |
| 2023 | 224 | +5.7% | |
| 2024 | 258 | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | 168 | -34.9% |
For the 16 building fires Lehi departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 237 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 | 66 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 23 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 20 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 54 | 22.8% |
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 Lehi mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 41 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 39 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 6.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 36 | 15.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lehi departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $2,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $300 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lehi sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
5 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 545,171 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 38,190 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 42.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,540 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 41.4 mi |
Top 6 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 Lehi. 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.