In 2025, fire departments serving Midway responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 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 64% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
175 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $715K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 39 | +44.4% | |
| 2023 | 47 | +20.5% | |
| 2024 | 40 | -14.9% | |
| 2025 | 22 | -45.0% |
For the 0 building fires Midway departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Wall assembly | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Roof surface: exterior | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 18.8% |
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 Midway mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Midway departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Midway sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 380,963 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 89,765 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68,547 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 14,208 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,584 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 9,159 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 25.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,906 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,826 | 35.0 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84049 | 175 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Midway. 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.