In 2025, fire departments serving Rebersburg responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 88% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
111 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 34 | +70.0% | |
| 2023 | 28 | -17.6% | |
| 2024* | 13 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | — |
* Well below Rebersburg'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 Rebersburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 42 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 | Outside area, other | 13 | 31.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Machinery room or area; elevator machinery room | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 4.8% |
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 Rebersburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rebersburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,074 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,329 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 917 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 688 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 9.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 424 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 236 | 48.4 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Rebersburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rebersburg.
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.