In 2025, fire departments serving Old Lycoming responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
22 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 3 | — | |
| 2024* | 1 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | — |
* Well below Old Lycoming'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 1 building fires Old Lycoming departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | 100.0% |
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 Old Lycoming mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Old Lycoming sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,432 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 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,329 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 917 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 688 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 424 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 161 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 135 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 129 | 14.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Smoking | 120 | 42.6 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 | 17701 | 22 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Old Lycoming. 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.