In 2025, fire departments serving Sharpsville responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
264 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $500K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | — | |
| 2022 | 57 | -10.9% | |
| 2023 | 65 | +14.0% | |
| 2024 | 42 | -35.4% | |
| 2025 | 36 | -14.3% |
For the 4 building fires Sharpsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 11 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Sharpsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Candle | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 5.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sharpsville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,258 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 342 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 29 | 21.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 | 40.6 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 Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Sharpsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Sharpsville.
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.