In 2025, fire departments serving New Philadelphia responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. New Philadelphia's departments reported 34 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 65 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
327 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 90 | +20.0% | |
| 2023 | 95 | +5.6% | |
| 2024* | 33 | — | |
| 2025* | 34 | — |
* Well below New Philadelphia'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 8 building fires New Philadelphia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 98 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 | Outside area, other | 27 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 13 | 13.3% |
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 New Philadelphia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 59.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 16 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 4.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. New Philadelphia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,091 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,265 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 935 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 741 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 674 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 398 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 336 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 328 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 308 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 282 | 9.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 263 | 9.0 mi |
Top 4 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 New Philadelphia. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in New Philadelphia.
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.