In 2025, fire departments serving Oakmont responded to 107 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 79% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
353 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | 47 | -4.1% | |
| 2023 | 65 | +38.3% | |
| 2024 | 85 | +30.8% | |
| 2025 | 107 | +25.9% |
For the 21 building fires Oakmont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 88 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 23 | 26.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 17.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 8.0% |
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 Oakmont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 48.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oakmont departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oakmont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,746 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 90 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 45.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Oakmont. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Oakmont.
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.