In 2025, fire departments serving Price responded to 110 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 56% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
375 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $5.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | 60 | +11.1% | |
| 2023 | 60 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 91 | +51.7% | |
| 2025 | 110 | +20.9% |
For the 12 building fires Price departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 97 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 | 16 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 8.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 24 | 24.7% |
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 Price mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 40.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Price departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $9,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Price sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 380,371 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68,547 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 48,986 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 18,080 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 9,159 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 7,221 | 18.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5,315 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 4,860 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 4,378 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 3,415 | 40.1 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Price. 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.