In 2025, fire departments serving Renovo responded to 61 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 92% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
119 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023* | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | — | |
| 2025 | 61 | +74.3% |
* Well below Renovo'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 8 building fires Renovo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Display window | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Structural area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Renovo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Renovo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,308 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 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,329 | 3.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 917 | 5.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 688 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 605 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 424 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 352 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 348 | 3.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 236 | 21.9 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 | 17764 | 119 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Renovo. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Renovo.
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.