In 2025, fire departments serving Muncy responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
139 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $187K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | — | |
| 2022 | 48 | +65.5% | |
| 2023 | 27 | -43.8% | |
| 2024* | 16 | — | |
| 2025 | 19 | — |
* Well below Muncy'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 5 building fires Muncy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 46 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 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 6 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 4 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 3 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 13.0% |
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 Muncy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 14 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 26.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 17.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 2.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Muncy sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,695 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 336 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 282 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 263 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 258 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 257 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 193 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 184 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 183 | 37.3 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Muncy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Muncy.
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.