In 2025, fire departments serving Springdale responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $205K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
142 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $205K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | 42 | +50.0% | |
| 2024 | 27 | -35.7% | |
| 2025 | 28 | +3.7% |
* Well below Springdale'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 6 building fires Springdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Laboratory | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 12.0% |
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 Springdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Springdale departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $205,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Springdale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,889 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 173 | 30.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 173 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 105 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 90 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 36.6 mi |
Top 4 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 Springdale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Springdale.
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.