In 2025, fire departments serving Pleasant Valley responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
20 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $5K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 20 | — |
* Well below Pleasant Valley'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 0 building fires Pleasant Valley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Pleasant Valley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 1 | 33.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pleasant Valley departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pleasant Valley sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,226 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 42.9 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 | 64068 | 20 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Pleasant Valley. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Pleasant Valley.
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.