In 2025, fire departments serving Trainer responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
225 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | — | |
| 2022 | 40 | -20.0% | |
| 2023 | 50 | +25.0% | |
| 2024 | 56 | +12.0% | |
| 2025 | 29 | -48.2% |
For the 15 building fires Trainer departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | 7 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Structural area, other | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 17.1% |
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 Trainer mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 37.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Trainer sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 36,590 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,577 | 41.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,900 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,300 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,240 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,107 | 29.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,950 | 34.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,900 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,600 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,535 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 1,518 | 39.1 mi |
Top 3 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 Trainer. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Trainer.
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.