In 2025, fire departments serving Pleasureville responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
May peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
56 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $390K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | +62.5% | |
| 2024 | 7 | -46.2% | |
| 2025 | 22 | +214.3% |
* Well below Pleasureville'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 7 building fires Pleasureville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 20.0% |
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 Pleasureville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Candle | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pleasureville departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pleasureville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,199 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 | 15.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 | 3.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 95 | 45.7 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 Kentucky cities with population within ±25% of Pleasureville. 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.