In 2025, fire departments serving Pleasant Grove responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
235 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | — | |
| 2022 | 47 | +46.9% | |
| 2023 | 54 | +14.9% | |
| 2024 | 62 | +14.8% | |
| 2025 | 40 | -35.5% |
For the 5 building fires Pleasant Grove departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 105 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 | 20 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 13 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 11 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 22 | 21.0% |
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 Pleasant Grove mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 43.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pleasant Grove departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $85,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $17,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $16,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $6,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pleasant Grove sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 27,381 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2,950 | 8.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,784 | 20.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,590 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,925 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,800 | 35.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,540 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,308 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,262 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 1,100 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 919 | 48.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 890 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 721 | 45.5 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 | 35127 | 235 |
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Pleasant Grove. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Pleasant Grove.
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.