In 2025, fire departments serving Princeville responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
47 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $65K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | 16 | +14.3% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -25.0% |
* Well below Princeville'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 Princeville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 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 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 14.3% |
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 Princeville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 100.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Princeville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Princeville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,282 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 | 3,000 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,150 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 652 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 15.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 | 15.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 220 | 10.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 23.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 17.6 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 Hawaii cities with population within ±25% of Princeville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.