In 2025, fire departments serving Page responded to 699 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 97% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,645 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $313K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 263 | — | |
| 2022* | 273 | — | |
| 2023 | 557 | — | |
| 2024 | 853 | +53.1% | |
| 2025 | 699 | -18.1% |
* Well below Page'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 4 building fires Page departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 102 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 | Undetermined | 23 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 29 | 28.4% |
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 Page mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 7.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Page departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Page sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 118,601 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Natural | 58,630 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 19,368 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 11,405 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 5,151 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 4,497 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 2,339 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 1,897 | 36.3 mi | |
| 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,762 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 1,588 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 1,502 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 1,437 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 1,206 | 46.7 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 | 86040 | 2,645 |
Six Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Page. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Page.
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.