In 2025, fire departments serving Roosevelt responded to 97 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
444 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79 | — | |
| 2022 | 76 | -3.8% | |
| 2023 | 81 | +6.6% | |
| 2024 | 111 | +37.0% | |
| 2025 | 97 | -12.6% |
For the 8 building fires Roosevelt departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 183 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 94 | 51.4% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 12 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 9.3% |
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 Roosevelt mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 39.3% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 26 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 6.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roosevelt sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 247,186 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 89,765 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68,547 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,830 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 7,221 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 4,469 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 4,047 | 14.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 3,322 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 3,000 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,862 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 2,511 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,480 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,423 | 42.9 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Roosevelt. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Roosevelt.
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.