In 2025, fire departments serving Mount Hope responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
30 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $150K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 5 | -28.6% | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | +66.7% |
* Well below Mount Hope'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 3 building fires Mount Hope departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Mount Hope mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 1 | 33.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mount Hope departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mount Hope sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 118,750 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,000 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,700 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,800 | 13.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,945 | 14.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 3,800 | 41.2 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 | 67108 | 30 |
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Mount Hope. 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.