In 2025, fire departments serving Taylorsville responded to 210 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 49% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,023 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $5.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 180 | — | |
| 2022 | 216 | +20.0% | |
| 2023 | 214 | -0.9% | |
| 2024 | 203 | -5.1% | |
| 2025 | 210 | +3.4% |
For the 31 building fires Taylorsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 252 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 26 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 24 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 69 | 27.4% |
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 Taylorsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 103 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 42 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 23 | 9.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Taylorsville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 83% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $25,000 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Taylorsville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
16 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 314,497 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 31,010 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 45.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20,700 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 24.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 33.1 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,584 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 15.9 mi |
Top 5 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 Taylorsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.